Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) has had a smoke-free policy since 18 March 2021, and the policy reviewed on 31 March 2025 kept the entire campus smoke-free throughout 2025. The original announcement of 18 March 2021 made all areas under the University’s care smoke-free but still allowed units to designate specific smoking areas. The review on 31 March 2025 turned it into a fully smoke-free campus policy with no designated smoking areas, and added smoking cessation support, compliance monitoring and periodic review.

A. Smoke-free Campus Policy (reviewed on 31 March 2025)

Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) has a smoke-free policy that makes the entire campus smoke-free. The Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on a Smoke-free Campus and Protection from Tobacco Smoke B.E. 2568 (A.D. 2025) was announced on 31 March B.E. 2568 (A.D. 2025), so the policy was reviewed within the period 2022–2026 and was in place in 2025. This announcement is the review of the University’s original smoke-free policy of 18 March 2021 (Section B). Under Clause 3, the smoke-free designation covers all indoor and outdoor areas under the University’s administration and control, including academic buildings, classrooms, laboratories, libraries, offices, student residences and dormitories, sports and recreational areas, gardens, walkways, courtyards, entrances and University-operated transportation and waiting areas. The policy states that no designated smoking areas shall be established or permitted within the University’s smoke-free premises.

Smoking is prohibited for students, academic and administrative personnel, contractors, visitors, service users and all other people entering University premises. Hospitals, clinics, demonstration schools, childcare centres and other healthcare or educational facilities run by the University are kept smoke-free, and all University-operated vehicles are smoke-free. The policy also requires clear smoke-free signage at entrances, buildings, common areas and vehicles, tobacco prevention and smoking cessation support, a ban on tobacco industry sponsorship and promotion on campus, monitoring of compliance with channels for reporting violations, periodic review, and publication of the signed policy on the University’s website.

Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rfnjrO4tmIA9uwpKxe0v_uHCtzmfMu8H/view

B. Original Smoke-free Policy (announced on 18 March 2021)

SWU first adopted its smoke-free policy through the Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on the Policy for Protecting the Health of Non-smokers and Designating Specific Smoking Areas B.E. 2564 (2021), announced on 18 March B.E. 2564 (A.D. 2021). The announcement was issued under the Tobacco Products Control Act B.E. 2560 (2017) and the related Ministry of Public Health announcements of B.E. 2561 (2018), which require higher education institutions to protect the health of non-smokers, and its stated aim was to develop SWU into a sustainable smoke-free university. Under Clause 3, all indoor and outdoor areas under the University’s care were declared smoke-free, except for specific smoking areas designated by units. Clause 4 made hospitals, clinics, health service centres, demonstration schools, childcare centres and playgrounds smoke-free, including an area of 5 metres from their entrances and exits, and Clause 5 made the University’s staff and student shuttle buses and their waiting stations smoke-free.

The policy of 18 March 2021 also required units to display clearly visible smoke-free signs at main entrances, outdoor areas, building entrances, rooftops and inside shuttle buses (Clause 8), and to run campaigns that encourage students and staff to cut down and quit smoking (Clause 10). Clause 11 prohibited University units from accepting sponsorship or prizes from tobacco companies or their representatives, as well as any promotion of tobacco sales on campus. When the policy was reviewed on 31 March 2025, these measures were kept and strengthened, and designated smoking areas were removed altogether, so the whole campus became smoke-free.

Source: Srinakharinwirot University Announcement on the Policy for Protecting the Health of Non-smokers and Designating Specific Smoking Areas B.E. 2564 (2021), announced on 18 March 2021 (original signed document, 2 pages).