No smoking at UC by 2014

The University ofCalifornia will ban smoking and chewing tobacco on all 10 campuses within twoyears, President Mark Yudof told campus chancellors this week.  Nearly 600 other campuses nationwide havebanned smoking, and many California universities either limit smokers toisolated parts of campus or keep them from lighting up at all.

…The university likely would have banned smoking earlier, butsmokers vehemently argued against it, said Trish Ratto, a health educator andmanager of UC Berkeley's Health Matters Wellness Program.  The university will implement the ban instages to help smokers quit gradually rather go cold turkey.  By 2014, however, nobody -- students,professors, custodians or conference attendees -- will be allowed to smoke orchew tobacco on campus…

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