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Tobacco Debate 

The full ban of tobacco products from USU infringes on the rights of students, but a partial ban or enforcing current policy is a better solution to the secondhand smoke problem on campus, said Erik Petros, a debate team member. USU's debate team held a tobacco policy debate Thursday in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium, where Petros and his partner Di Lewis debated against the full tobacco ban.

Mike Smith and Shannon Johnson, other debate team members, debated for a full tobacco ban.

Smith said a full tobacco ban is better because it doesn't infringe on the rights of the 98.5 percent of students who don't smoke, while the present system does because these students are breathing in smoke they don't want.

Petros said there is a very small, insignificant number of people who smoke at Utah State, which doesn't require such a dramatic ban. He said a partial ban with designated areas to smoke in would infringe on the least amount of rights of the students.

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