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UI campus plans total tobacco ban in 2019

URBANA — If you're headed to the University of Illinois, leave the chewing tobacco at home. Starting next August, the campus no-smoking policy will be extended to include all smokeless tobacco products, from chewing tobacco to dissolvable tobacco "orbs" and strips. Michele Guerra, director of the UI's Wellbeing Services Center, said it's a logical extension of the current smoke-free policy, which also bans "vaping," or the use of electronic cigarettes that emit nicotine vapor instead of smoke. While the initial smoking ban resulted from a push by students, this time it comes from health experts and others on campus concerned about the risks of all forms of tobacco, Guerra said. It's been und... [Read more]

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