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UTA approves smoking, tobacco ban on campus  

Students and faculty will no longer be allowed to light up on the University of Texas at Arlington's campus, President James Spaniolo said Friday, as the school becomes the first four-year college in the region to ban smoking and tobacco use campus wide.

The ban is scheduled to take place in August 2011.

"Many of us remember a time when smoking was commonplace in offices, malls, airplanes, public buildings, sports arenas, and even hospitals," Spaniolo said in a written response. "But times have changed, and it is time for UT Arlington to take the next step forward in protecting the health of our campus community."

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