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Smoking foes in huff over GVSU's noncompliance  

Anti-smoking advocates are burning mad at Grand Valley State University administrators' disregard of an Ottawa County law that puts puffers 25 feet away from building doors.

And with public pressure mounting from students and county leaders, it may be a short-lived dispute, even as the university maintains it is not bound by the smoking prohibition.

The school began taking heat Wednesday after the student newspaper, The Lanthorn, reported GVSU maintained it did not have to follow the county's workplace smoking ban, which took effect Jan. 1.

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