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Burnt Out | University of Miami takes first step in effort to start campus-wide smoking ban  

Smoking is now banned in and around the University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.

UM opted to convert not only the building and medical center, but also the outside facilities into a smoke-free environment.

"I think it makes sense banning smoking from the medical center, a place that is supposed to promote healthy behavior," said Gabriel Hernandez, a senior biology major at the University of Miami.

The ban will include parking lots, garages, parked cars and the area outside of the Medical Center, according to an article in the university's student newspaper, The Miami Hurricane.

UM administration will consider whether to extend the smoking ban campus-wide, according to the article.

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