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University Further Restricts Smoking

Purdue To Be Virtually Smoke-Free Next Year

POSTED: 11:08 am EST November 19, 2009
UPDATED: 11:09 am EST November 19, 2009

The Purdue University campus will be virtually smoke-free beginning next summer.

A new campus-wide police was announced Thursday. Smoking will be allowed in a few areas, but those have yet to be determined.

The enhanced ban, which goes into effect July 1, will also prohibit smoking in all vehicles owned or leased by the university.

The university stopped short of implementing a total smoking ban "following feedback from a campus-wide survey as well as meetings with several campus groups," said Al Diaz, executive vice president for business and finance, in a news release. "We set the start date as July 1 to give everyone ample opportunity to take advantage of our smoking cessation programs."

Smoking at Purdue is currently allowed outdoors at a distance of at least 30 feet from university facilities and in designated areas in the Union Club Hotel.

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