Kentucky Kernel (University of Kentucky), 2009-11-17
Author: Laura Clark

Summary:

Beginning Thursday, students living on campus will have to find other places to smoke beyond the residential campus courtyards. Photo Illustration by Adam Wolffbrandt * Staff


From planning to quit to sneaking outside their dorms, student smokers on UK’s campus are figuring out how they will deal with the impending tobacco ban.


The ban, which begins Thursday, will prohibit any tobacco on campus. However, enforcement for the ban will be mostly student and campus leader-dependent.


“It’s not about enforcement or forcing someone to do something … it’s about changing the habit and getting the help and making a safe environment for everyone,” said Ellen Hahn, co-chair of the Tobacco-Free Campus Task Force, in an October interview.


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