Jump to full article: San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, 2008-05-09
Author: Jeff Ristine UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Intro: Walking across the Palomar College main campus can seem like a stroll backward in time, to an era of prevalent and loosely restricted smoking.
But students who have pushed for two years to keep the clouds of secondhand smoke limited to a few outdoor areas have cleared a major hurdle, despite objections from faculty and staff labor groups.
If approved by the community college district board of trustees, the proposal would make five designated smoking areas the only places on campus where it is permissible to light up.
The proposed policy was approved on a 13-5 vote of the college's Strategic Planning Council this week.
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