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EDITORIAL: Campus smoking bans  

Jump to full article: Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, 2009-11-22

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Some UofL smokers complain that it's cruel to restrict smoking when final exams are only weeks away, and some don't expect the ban to ever be strictly enforced. Indeed, UK and Bellarmine officials told the newspaper that citations won't be issued to smoking ban violators and that the focus is on "changing behaviors."

The fact is that college smoking bans are in the best interest of the students and faculty, something that benefits everyone. That's so, even if quitting proves tougher than taking an organic chemistry final.

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