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Regents vote to end sales for blind vendor BY DOUG DAVIS DOUGDAVIS@DNJ.COM
Jump to full article: The Tennessean, 2009-09-26
Author: DOUG DAVIS • DOUGDAVIS
Intro: The Tennessee Board of Regents voted Friday morning to ban the sale of all tobacco products from all institutions in the TBR system. MTSU is believed to be the last TBR campus allowing the sale of tobacco products.
Specifically, the approved policy states: "The sale of any products containing tobacco is prohibited on all property owned or controlled by the Tennessee Board of Regents and its institutions."
"We don't think it is a good idea to sell tobacco products. All of our TBR buildings have gone smoke-free," said David Gregory, TBR vice chancellor of administration and facilities development. "It is somewhat inconsistent, then, to sell tobacco."
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