As of yet, the sidewalks adjacent to the University of Kentucky have not fallen under the smoking ban that is soon to be implemented by the university.
However, the assistant vice president for campus services, Anthony Beatty, has asked the Urban County Council to allow enforcement of the smoking ban on the sidewalks.
There has been some discussion on changing the memorandum of understanding and the main question of concern has been how the legislation would be enforced.
While others like Councilwoman Diane Lawless, who lives in the neighborhood near the university, worried that smokers would walk across the street to light up, bringing smoking closer to her front door.
Currently the resolution is on hold, and it seems that it will stay that way for some time. But who would smokers be hurting by smoking on the sidewalks near their school? University is not high school, it's not like the few smokers will be peer-pressuring classmates into smoking or something of the like. This is pure stupid…
[Via: kentucky.com]
