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UK students plan smoking strategies as ban approaches 

After nearly a year of laying the groundwork to enforce its new policy, UK will officially become a tobacco-free campus on Nov. 19 -- the day of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout.

The University of Kentucky will spend $25,000 to $30,000 on more than 100 signs declaring UK a "Tobacco-Free Campus."

However, many of the signs already placed contain a misplaced hyphen in lettering in a red Ghostbusters-like circle.

Bob Wiseman, vice president of facilities management, said officials noticed the hyphen problem this week and will correct it easily without adding to the cost.

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