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Dalton State goes tobacco-free 

Dalton State College has joined the ranks of other tobacco free campuses in the University System of Georgia.

"Our original plan wasn't to do that," said student body president Daniel Sanchez. "What we really wanted to do was what the students wanted."

Last fall, 67 percent of respondents with DSC e-mail addresses -- including both students and faculty -- voted in a survey to eliminate all forms of tobacco everywhere on campus. According to an American Lung Association report, there are 14 other University System of Georgia colleges with tobacco-free campuses.

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