Jump to full article: Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, 2009-10-21
Author: Beverly Fortune
Intro: When the University of Kentucky campus goes smoke-free on Nov. 19, there's about a 4-foot wide loophole where people could still smoke.
It's the city sidewalks. The university's jurisdiction to ban smoking on campus stops at the edge of the sidewalk.
Anthany Beatty, assistant vice president for campus services, asked the Urban County Council at its Tuesday work session to allow UK to enforce its tobacco-free policy "to the curb." This would apply to sidewalks immediately adjacent to the main campus.
The council voted to put the resolution on its Oct. 22 docket for a first reading.
The university's medical center went smoke-free in November 2008, but people stand on the sidewalk to smoke, Beatty said.
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