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Smoke clears on other campuses, but not at UGA  

Tanita Gaither, a senior journalism major, takes a smoke break Wednesday afternoon outside the Miller Learning Center on the University of Georgia campus.

The University of Georgia is the only school or college campus in Athens where smoking is permitted, but that might change in the not too distant future.

Three Southeastern Conference schools recently have moved to ban tobacco on their campuses, and UGA President Michael Adams said he would not rule it out automatically for UGA.

"I'm open to looking at that," he said last week. "I'd want to listen to ideas."

The UGA Athletic Association banned smoking inside the university's huge Sanford Stadium a couple of years ago. Adams is chairman of the athletic association's board.

And smoking has for years been outlawed inside campus buildings, not just in Georgia but in most other states as legislatures have one by one enacted laws against smoking in campus buildings.

A growing number of college campuses have gone even farther, outlawing tobacco use entirely, anywhere on campus.

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