The Statesman

Legalizing recreational marijuana is what we needed all along

Matt Lindsay • April 20, 2021

#OPINION On March 31, Governor Cuomo signed legislation legalizing the use of recreational marijuana for adults in New York State. While I have never used marijuana, I fully support the legalization of it for several reasons.

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The rising popularity of the e-cigarette Juul on LI

Rosemary An • January 14, 2019

Unlike other e-cigarette companies that purport to help users quit smoking traditional cigarettes, Juul sales have risen meteorically since its launch.

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Stony Brook is not a tobacco-free campus

Andrew Goldstein • September 3, 2017

Seeing Stony Brook truly becoming tobacco free would be a breath of fresh air.

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Stony Brook 2015: A year in photos

The Statesman • December 31, 2015

2015 was filled with diverse cultural events, student activism, and athletic upsets for Stony Brook. Here are our editors' picks of some of the year's most influential moments

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Campus briefing: USG discusses tobacco-free campus

Arielle Martinez • March 30, 2015

The USG Senate discussion regarding tobacco came in the midst of a SUNY-wide effort to ban tobacco use, including smoking and chewing tobacco, on all SUNY campuses.

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Proposed tobacco ban impractical and unreasonable

Joseph Konig • October 2, 2014

President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. announced recently that he is in the extremely preliminary stages of banning tobacco products from all Stony Brook properties.

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The problem with banning tobacco at SBU

Joseph Konig • September 30, 2014

As a white male who went to public school in New York, I would be remiss if I claimed to have never tried various tobacco products.

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Tobacco legislation will not curtail smoking

Anusha Mookherjee • April 8, 2014

In a close vote, Suffolk County voted to raise the age to purchase tobacco to 21. Currently, the age to purchase in Nassau County is 19, and the legal age to purchase tobacco will soon be going up to 21 in New York City. Lawmakers seem to believe banning substances is the proper step to stop teens from smoking, drinking and finding even stronger (and more dangerous) substances to use. However, it is clear through patterns we have seen in history, and even among friend groups, that the laws only promote crime and an illegal black market.

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Tobacco-buying age limit increases in Suffolk County

Robert Cimino • April 8, 2014

Suffolk County legislators voted 10 to 8 to raise the legal tobacco-purchasing age from 19 to 21. This change will begin on Jan. 1 next year. This follows New York City’s decision in November to change its tobacco-purchasing law from 18 to 21, which will take effect in May.

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SUNY continues to push campus tobacco-ban legislation in 2014

Will Welch • January 28, 2014

With the opening of the new lawmaking session in Albany this month, legislation banning tobacco on State University of New York campuses can again be taken up for vote.

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Current smoking policy needs no alteration

John Sagliocca • October 3, 2013

The smoking policy the school has now is perfect and should not be changed. This policy worked for a very long time and I expect it to keep on working for much longer. What makes this policy perfect is that it gives people freedom but not too much freedom.

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SUNY tobacco legislation should have a different goal

Paul Grindle • September 12, 2013

Banning tobacco on SUNY campuses will not convince anyone to quit, and until there is research showing outside second-hand smoke harms others, the Task Force should change its focus to helping addicts, not pushing them underground.

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