It's lights out as UCLA enacts tobacco ban on Earth Day [View all]
Source: Los Angeles Times
UCLA is the first school in the UC system to implement the ban, following a call by President Mark G. Yudof for all 10 UC campuses to go smoke-free by 2014.
"We're very proud we're the first," UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block said. The Westwood campus and its students "are setting an example."
The Earth Day launch date was especially significant because "in order to take care of the Earth, we must take care of ourselves," Block said.
More than 1,000 colleges and universities have adopted tobacco- or smoke-free policies, according to the university. The ban includes the use of smokeless tobacco and unregulated nicotine products in indoor and outdoor spaces. It will also prohibit the sale and advertising of tobacco products.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-ucla-smoking-20130423,0,4072280.story
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