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University of Kentucky Tobacco-Free Policy 

"Enacting the tobacco-free policy at the University of Kentucky in November will greatly improve the campus atmosphere for all members of our community," said UK President Lee T. Todd, Jr. "This policy has already created a healthier environment for patients, workers, and visitors at the UK HealthCare Medical Campus, and we look forward to the long-term benefits of its implementation throughout all areas of the UK campus."

The University of Kentucky campus will become completely tobacco-free on all campus grounds and parking areas on November 19, 2009, coinciding with the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout®, held annually on the third Thursday in November. A tobacco-free policy, which prohibits the use of all tobacco products on all grounds and parking areas (cigarettes, chew, pipes, cigars, snuff, etc.), has already been in effect at the UK Medical Center and all UK HealthCare-owned facilities within Fayette County since November 20, 2008, and will now apply to all areas of the contiguous UK campus in Lexington, indoors and out. . . .

Frequently Asked Questions

-When does the tobacco-free policy go into effect?

November 19, 2009, in conjunction with the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout.

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