As long as the New Member follows the structure of the New Member Program set forth by our IHQ, then the chapter has no right to dictate whether or not she can smoke or drink during the New Member period. What she does in her personal time is her business.

I was a smoker (still am) during my pledge period (as it was called then), and it was never a problem because I never smoked at official events. All official events are non-smoking anyway.