Oct 6, 2008 6:29 pm US/Central
U Of M Looking At Possible Smoking Ban
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ―
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A student affairs group and campus health officials have sent a survey to students, staff and faculty to measure their feelings on a campuswide smoking ban. (File)
AP
The University of Minnesota is looking at a possible smoking ban for its Twin Cities campus.
A student affairs group and campus health officials have sent a survey to students, staff and faculty to measure their feelings on a campuswide smoking ban.
Student Affairs Vice Provost Jerry Rinehart says the survey is the first step toward determining the level of support for a ban -- one that might include all outdoor areas.
Rinehart says such a ban could lower smoking rates on campus.
The university already bans smoking in all campus buildings. The University of Minnesota campus in Duluth enacted a smoking ban last year. The university's campus in Crookston will ban smoking in January.
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Secondhand smoke is a leading cause of preventable death in the United
States. In 2005, it was estimated that, each year, exposure to
secondhand smoke in the United States kills more than 3,000 adult
nonsmokers from lung cancer and approximately 46,000 from coronary
heart disease.
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