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USC Upstate to go smoke-free on its entire campus this fall 

The tobacco-free policy will take effect Nov. 20, the day of the nationwide Great American Smokeout. The date also coincides closely with the full opening of the Health Education Complex, which will house a new wellness center and serve as a landmark for the university's Healthy Upstate Carolina initiative.

"We think as a university, we have an opportunity to take a major step by declaring the campus a smoke-free zone," USC Upstate Chancellor John Stockwell said, "and that's what we're doing. Other entities in the county have taken this step, including Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, and we think it's time."

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