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DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois University has created a task force to write a draft policy for the state's Smoke-Free Campus Act, which goes into effect July 1.
Former Gov. Pat Quinn last August signed the law that bans smoking both indoors and outdoors in all Illinois state-supported higher education institutions.
The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/19x6YoJ ) that the main issue has been about smoking in privately owned vehicles on campus.
NIU's Smoke-Free NIU Task Force so far has drafted a policy that prohibits any person from smoking on campus property, including in vehicles. Task force leader Derryl Block says that item has raised concern. He says the group will make a decision on the issue in coming weeks.
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Online: http://niu.edu/smokefree/
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Information from: The Daily Chronicle, http://www.daily-chronicle.com
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