{"id":1704,"date":"2020-02-03T11:55:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T17:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2020-02-03T11:55:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T17:55:59","slug":"tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/62Qtzq7GWzc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video, Samantha Garza <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Last week a Facebook post about UTRGV\u2019s smoking policy, said as a joke, caused controversy between students. The post made by Vaquero Radio Assistant Station Manager, Jerry Galindo, showed photos of a blue JUUL cap on the floor with a caption stating: \u201cJust found outside Edinburg Liberal Arts Building South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JUUL and other vape products are banned on campus guys.\u201d UTRGV Chief of Police, Raul Munguia explains why UTRGV became a tobacco free campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are trying to keep a good work environment, a good learning environment, and smoking isn\u2019t conducive to that, especially to those who are sensitive to smoke.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV released the Tobacco-free workplace policy in September of 2015. The policy states that \u201cLittering the campus with the remains of tobacco products or any other related waste product is prohibited.\u201d\u00a0 Criminal justice junior, LuzArgelia Garcia says she commends UTRGV for implementing the tobacco-free policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I think they made that decision to be fair to everyone. Whether they choose not to smoke, or it would like really, really bad for their health. Yeah, and I commend them, I think they did a good thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Galindo says he posted the photos as a joke, some users did not see the humor. With GIF\u2019s stating \u201cBurn the witch, burn her.\u201d Chief Mungia says that if Galindo feels harassed, he can file a police report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>They would have to come and preserve those texts or those emails, whatever it is that they are sending and make a police report, and that way we can get them entered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Galindo says he won\u2019t file a report, since he believes students should \u201cbe free\u201d to express themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more information about UTRGV\u2019s cessation policy, call 956-882-8205.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Reporter Samantha Garza <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week a Facebook post about UTRGV\u2019s smoking policy, said as a joke, caused controversy between students. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brownsville","category-edinburg","category-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students - The Valley&#039;s Student Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week a Facebook post about UTRGV\u2019s smoking policy, said as a joke, caused controversy between students. The\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-03T17:55:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-03T17:55:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM-1024x568.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"568\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samantha Garza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samantha Garza\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Samantha Garza\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bac39cfcac116eb18641371855d5ccec\"},\"headline\":\"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-03T17:55:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-03T17:55:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/\"},\"wordCount\":306,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Brownsville\",\"Edinburg\",\"Radio\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/\",\"name\":\"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-03T17:55:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-03T17:55:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png\",\"width\":2562,\"height\":1420},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":946,\"caption\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bac39cfcac116eb18641371855d5ccec\",\"name\":\"Samantha Garza\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d09a1180f692d3c3b049d83cc9b77a5222392849cd68a44f59fa0dd1218a95f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d09a1180f692d3c3b049d83cc9b77a5222392849cd68a44f59fa0dd1218a95f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Samantha Garza\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/samanthagarza\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","og_description":"Last week a Facebook post about UTRGV\u2019s smoking policy, said as a joke, caused controversy between students. The","og_url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/","og_site_name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","article_published_time":"2020-02-03T17:55:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-03T17:55:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":568,"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM-1024x568.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Samantha Garza","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samantha Garza","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/"},"author":{"name":"Samantha Garza","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bac39cfcac116eb18641371855d5ccec"},"headline":"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students","datePublished":"2020-02-03T17:55:55+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-03T17:55:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/"},"wordCount":306,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png","articleSection":["Brownsville","Edinburg","Radio"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/","name":"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png","datePublished":"2020-02-03T17:55:55+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-03T17:55:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.50.31-AM.png","width":2562,"height":1420},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/03\/tobacco-cessation-policy-sparks-controversy-amongst-students\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tobacco Cessation Policy Sparks Controversy Amongst Students"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":946,"caption":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bac39cfcac116eb18641371855d5ccec","name":"Samantha Garza","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d09a1180f692d3c3b049d83cc9b77a5222392849cd68a44f59fa0dd1218a95f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d09a1180f692d3c3b049d83cc9b77a5222392849cd68a44f59fa0dd1218a95f5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Samantha Garza"},"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/samanthagarza\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1706,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions\/1706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}