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Published February 08, 2010

NDSU smoking ban takes effect March 1 chat

By Amy Dalrymple, INFORUM

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John F.
02/08/2010 9:26 PM

the right to swing your fist ends at another person's nose. Keep your cancer causing crap to yourself. Just lost a sister to lung cancer. Last thing I want to see on campus is some idiot breathing in what killed my sister and breathing out something that may have killed my father.

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dazzlefresh J.
02/08/2010 4:18 PM

Realist A likes to believe that walking through the occasional smoke cloud jeopardizes health. That is why all natural deaths are caused by second hand smoke.

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c d.
02/08/2010 4:03 PM

Sweet, now this spring the cigarette butts are going to be all over the ground instead of in the bins! Now that NDSU is dry and smoke-free they should erect a church right in the middle of campus.

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Ronald T.
02/08/2010 4:03 PM

Yeah Scott W you must be a real tough guy. I sure wouldn't want to mess with you.

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Jimbo L.
02/08/2010 3:40 PM

Scottw, such a rebel. I hope you don't get fire extinguished.

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Cullen W.
02/08/2010 2:38 PM

I really want to know how the policy will impact NDSU's new downtown campus. If somebody is walking past Barry or Klai Hall and happens to be smoking a cigarette, should they put their cigarette out 100 ft away from the building(s) and then relight once they are 100 ft past? Or is this supposed to be applicable for those who are not just passing on by? Additionally, what about smoking inside one's vehicle?

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Realist A.
02/08/2010 2:15 PM

Ham M., I feel that in a tax funded institution a person has the right to be safe from second-hand smoke. If I go to a private institution that I know allows smoking and walk out complaining about smoking, I have no right to complain as I knew what to expect. However, a tax funded university? I feel I have the right to be there without jeopardizing my health.

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Scott W.
Fargo, ND     02/08/2010 2:11 PM

They can stick their smoking ban where the sun doesn’t shine. NDSU is not private property; we the tax payers own it. This includes smokers, who pay extra taxes! So, I’ll smoke anywhere on campus that I like. This rule is discriminatory and certainly shows a lack of diversity and inclusiveness!

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Ham M.
Fargo, ND     02/08/2010 1:50 PM

@Realist A; "as long as it is state funded....you have the right to be there and not be subjected to second-hand smoke" Smoke is not the point. The point here is the gradual errosion of freedoms without compromise. It's the principle of the issue. Remember the popular poem by Martin Niemöller : First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.

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c l.
Fargo, ND     02/08/2010 1:39 PM

This has nothing to do with health or anyone's stance officially on tobacco. It was all a show. Now we can advertise NDSU as a smoke free campus (and forget to mention that it isn't enforced)................................................................ By the way many smokers are of the opinion that most of the "smoking bans" come from people who don't care so much about health but rather didn't like the smell. I guess when the EPA tries to enact new smog limits we will find out how really interested in our health they were. I hope everyone that jumped on the no smoking bans will be just as excited about this or I vote we repeal them all!!! =)

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