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Don’t hit it, just quit it

October 17, 2018

Since its rise in popularity in 2012, vaping has slowly contaminated America. Vapes are an alternative to the traditional cigarette, and the policies...

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Feeling the Burn

September 25, 2015

Story by Jessica Bostick, Assistant News Editor Employees that smoke can expect to pay an extra $600 in premium costs. This rise in cost is...

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Cody Barger, junior from Huntington, Tennessee, vapes.

Cessation class offered for students looking to quit

September 4, 2015

Story by Ashley Traylor, Contributing writer Murray State officially became a tobacco-free campus this August, a change on campus that came along...

Photo illustration by Ana Bundy and Lori Allen/The News
Toby Monts, freshman from Murray, puffs on an e-cigarette indoors. Monts only smokes e-cigarettes occasionally because he said they do not have the same effect as a regular cigarette.

Up in smoke

November 15, 2013

According to many college students, tobacco products are harmful and not as socially acceptable as they once were, but what if someone picked up an...

Smoked: Policy limits smoking amidst state rhetoric

February 21, 2013

A new policy, preventing students from smoking between the front doors and benches of Regents Residential College, will go into effect in the coming weeks. The...

A smoke-free campus has been a smoldering topic across the University for several years, sparked by larger sister universities ditching the ash trays for clearer air. || Photo illustration by Kylie Townsend/The News

Students, University ignite tobacco-free discussions, weigh health with freedom

September 20, 2012

On Nov. 19, 2009, the University of Kentucky chose to become a smoke-free campus, and just one year later the University of Louisville followed suit. Though...

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