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System-wide Smoking Ban Adopted 

Jump to full article: Leesburg Today - The Journal of Loudoun County (VA), 2008-06-25
Author: Alex Bahr

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The Loudoun County School Board voted 5-2 Tuesday, with one abstention and one member absent, to impose a smoking ban on all school property.

The new regulation bans smoking by anyone-teachers, staff, administration, students, and parents alike-at any school facility or event, including non-academic facilities like the school board administration building.

The ban came under criticism from several board members Tuesday who questioned how such a policy would be enforced and the ethics of imposing such a regulation on adult employees.

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