UT Health Science Center now a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is now officially one of 13 colleges and universities in the state to be designated a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus.
UTHSC In the Media
Say goodbye to smoking on Memphis UT Health Science campus Jan. 1
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus is going smoke-free Jan. 1, a move intended to reinforce the school’s mission of promoting good health. The policy is sweeping, covering 55 acres of the medical district campus, including sidewalks and parking lots adjacent to university buildings. Also prohibited is smoking, as well as e-cigarettes, in… Read More
Doctor lays out $1M plan to prevent, aid opioid abuse
Shelby County Commissioners heard the first steps of a possible plan to combat the opioid epidemic sweeping the county and the state Wednesday. But the first move of the fight has a steep price tag. “I thought this was a good way to start and really look at what’s possible for us to do,” said… Read More
UTHSC banning all smoking on campus
New Year’s Day kicks off the year-round tobacco ban on University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus. It’s an idea that students pushed to have the university put into action. The days are numbered for students, faculty, and staff to enjoy a smoke or vape as they walk through campus. Come Jan. 1, 2018, the… Read More
UTHSC Campus Going Smoke-Free
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will become a tobacco- and smoke-free campus effective Jan. 1.
Drug, alcohol abuse saps $2 billion from Tennessee annually — an under-the-radar impact of opioid epidemic
Teresa Waters, chair of preventive medicine at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center who leads a policy research group, dug into the costs associated with substance abuse. The $2 billion cost to Tennessee includes: • $46 million for babies born in the state with neonatal abstinence syndrome, • $422.5 million for hospitalizations associated with opioid… Read More
UTHSC To Go Smoke Free Next Year
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will prohibit the “use of, advertising, sale, or free sampling of tobacco products on university property, facilities, grounds, and controlled venues will be prohibited, effective 24 hours a day, year round,” in a decision announced Friday. “We understand the health consequences of smoking,” said Ken Brown, executive… Read More
Advocates: treat heroin overdose with treatment rather than jail
Addiction experts agree it should be treated as a medical problem rather than a crime. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine Executive Dean David Stern said the director of the center for addiction on campus uses this approach. “He views addiction as a medical problem,” Stern said of Dr. Daniel Sumrok.… Read More