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Jump to full article: Kentucky Kernel (University of Kentucky), 2009-11-17
Intro: But with the ban, UK is no longer looking to the past, but to the future.
In four or five years, only a relatively small number will remember what it was like to use tobacco on this campus. In that time, this year’s freshman class, the last one to see tobacco use at UK, will be on the way out. The fresh faces that will come after them will never know what they missed.
Nor will they care.
UK is responsible for the greater community. As the state's flagship unversity with so many resources and such a far-reaching influence, it must be a leader in the tobacco-free movement.
The university and the state have obvious deep ties to the controversial crop. . . .
Going tobacco-free is possibly the best decision UK has made all year.
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