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Jump to full article: The Exponent (Purdue U.), 2009-11-19
Author: Staff Reports
Intro: Purdue University's West Lafayette campus will become smoke free except in limited areas beginning July 1.
The campus-wide policy was announced Thursday (Nov 19) - coinciding with the 33rd annual Great American Smokeout - following input from faculty, staff and students. The new policy will limit smoking to limited designated campus areas and will prohibit smoking in all vehicles owned or leased by Purdue.
"Following feedback from a campus-wide survey as well as meetings with severalcampus groups, we modified the proposed policy from one that called for a total ban to one that will allow smoking in a few areas," said Al Diaz, executive vice president for business and finance, treasurer. The responsibility for choosing those areas will fall to Diaz.
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