Cathy Bowers Quotations

We have had very good participation in smoking cessation classes, especially as the date nears.

I think we're ready. We have really done a lot of planning for this. We've used repetition to get information out in as many ways as we can think of, because we know it's going to be a long time before everybody hears about it.

Our security staff will be monitoring entrances, but all of our employees have been trained in how to politely approach someone and ask them not to smoke.

We are asking people not to smoke anywhere on campus, including parking lots. We know everyone's not going to love this, but positive responses (from the public) have far outweighed the negative.

A number of Atlanta hospitals, including Gwinnett Medical Center, Crawford-Long and Emory, have already implemented (smoking bans), and we've spoken with them about how they did it.