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Coastal Georgia Bans Smoking on Campus

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Jay Black
@ July 5, 2009 3:49 AM
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) The College of Coastal Georgia has banned the use of tobacco on campus.

The rule applies to students, faculty, staff and visitors making the college one of 160 in the nation to go totally tobacco-free.

Valerie Hepburn, president of Coastal Georgia, which is transitioning from a two-year community college into the state's newest four-year school, said the college as focused on raising awareness through signs, information on its Web site and a partnership with local health agencies to offer smoking cessation classes to faculty and staff.

Signs announcing the tobacco ban are up at campus entrances .

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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