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South Madison proposes crackdown on athletes who smoke 

Student athletes caught smoking could be suspended from competing if the board of the South Madison Community School Corp. approves a proposed policy change.

The new rules, which the board reviewed Thursday night, forbid a student athlete from using, selling or distributing tobacco products at any time.

A student would be suspended from 20 percent of the athletic season after one offense. Three offenses would suspend a student from athletics for the duration of his or her enrollment in the school district.

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