If you’ve lived through a Las Vegas summer, you’ll know the sound of the cicada.

As of Aug. 15, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is officially a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has announced that it will become a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus on Monday.

Starting Monday, UNLV students and staff are no longer allowed to smoke or vape indoors or outdoors.

UNLV officially becomes smoke-free, vape-free campus

Nevada carries a reputation as a one-horse state, relying mainly on the leisure and hospitality sector. For example, in 2019, accommodation and food services made up 26 percent of Nevada’s workforce. For many years, policymakers and analysts have argued that Nevada needed to diversify its economy like its neighbors Arizona and Utah. This notion has proven salient multiple times, such as during the 2008 Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, when Nevada, and especially the Las Vegas metro area, became ground zero for a national economic slump.

Nevada carries a reputation as a one-horse state, relying mainly on the leisure and hospitality sector. For example, in 2019, accommodation and food services made up 26 percent of Nevada’s workforce. For many years, policymakers and analysts have argued that Nevada needed to diversify its economy like its neighbors Arizona and Utah. This notion has proven salient multiple times, such as during the 2008 Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, when Nevada, and especially the Las Vegas metro area, became ground zero for a national economic slump.

Starting today UNLV is officially a smoke-free campus. The new policy applies to all students, faculty, and visitors. It includes everything from tobacco, marijuana, e-cigarettes, and even chewing tobacco. 

A new forecast from UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER)shows substantial growth in Clark County’s population through 2060.