As of November 19th, the University of Louisville will be banning smoking on all campuses.
Smoking has already been banned indoors, and according to Provost Shirley Willihnganz this is simply a minor move of the ban outdoors. There will university-designated smoking areas, so smokers will still have somewhere to go.
This ban has actually been put in place to help students who are trying to kick the habit, says Willihnganz. "This is also a place where students live, and we are aware for students who smoke, it's not going to be as easy as quitting by November 19th."
"It just seems very consistent with the University's mission that we would be making a strong statement that since we know that 80% of lung cancers are caused by either smoking directly or second-hand smoke that we would come out very strongly and say that it is not something we think is good for people to do," said Willihnganz.
Smoking bans don't have to be all that horrible when smokers get some understanding, which is apparently present at this university.
[Via: wfpl.org]
