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Ky. universities expand smoking, tobacco bans

Published: November 20, 2009 8:10 AM
By The Associated Press  BRUCE SCHREINER (Associated Press Writer)

Quick ReadKentucky's 2 largest universities expand smoking, tobacco bans to create healthier campuses

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's flagship public university gave the official heave-ho to tobacco on Thursday, touting the health benefits of a smoke-free policy covering all of its sprawling campus in the heart of burley tobacco country.

The tobacco ban at the University of Kentucky includes outdoor areas and applies to chew, pipes, cigars and snuff as well as cigarettes. Kentucky leads the...

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