Smoking ban heading to campuses

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Smoking ban heading to campuses

Restriction also will apply to automobiles starting Oct. 1

University of North Georgia student Ty Poole said he’s switched to an electronic cigarette and wants to quit. A new UNG rule that prohibits all smoking on campus, even in cars, may help with that. Poole and Jessica Reno sit Thursday behind the student center on the Gainesville campus. - photo by NAT GURLEY

0329smoke 1 — University of North Georgia student Ty Poole said he’s switched to an electronic cigarette and wants to quit. A new UNG rule that prohibits all smoking on campus, even in cars, may help with that. Poole and Jessica Reno sit Thursday behind the student center on the Gainesville campus. - photo by NAT GURLEY

Carly Sharec

Updated: Mar 28, 2014, 4:28 AM

Published: Mar 28, 2014, 4:30 AM

University of North Georgia junior Ty Poole waved his electronic cigarette around while sitting in his car on the Gainesville campus. “I guess it’s a good thing, if they’re just trying to get people to quit smoking,” he said. “But I guess in a way they could abuse their authority.”

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