Study session smoke-breaks will become a little tougher for students at George Washington and American universities in the coming year—officials at both universities have pledged to make their campuses fully smoke-free in 2013.

As part of the new policies announced on November 15, smoking would not be allowed anywhere on the campuses, pushing smokers on to public sidewalks. (Students at GW protested by chain-smoking.) American University also said that it will ban all tobacco products on campus, while the GW Hatchet reports that the Foggy Bottom-based university has started offering financial incentives to faculty and staff who promise to stop smoking.

GW and AU are joining a growing list of local universities that have cracked down on smokers in recent years. In 2010, Towson University went smoke-free, while the University of Maryland announced this summer that it would impose a smoking ban starting in 2013. The University of the District of Columbia has been smoke-free since late 2011, while Howard, Georgetown, Gallaudet, and Catholic have not yet taken any steps towards making life harder for smoking students and staff.

Smoking is banned in D.C. bars and restaurants, and buildings and business owners can post no smoking signs that would keep smokers from lighting up within 25 feet of their entrances. A recent CDC report claimed that smoking lounges at Dulles Airport pose a health risk to non-smokers.