The tobacco (not smoking, tobacco) ban went into "effect" yesterday. Richard Becker has a good piece in the Kentucky Kernel about his thoughts. Not only is this unenforceable, the university is making a judgment that only individual students themselves can make. Also, this ban applies to smokeless tobacco as well, which does no harm to anyone around! UK claims they are doing tobacco users a favor and helping them quit.
Where was this "altruism" when it came to naming a new facility that will house basketball players the Wildcat Coal Lodge?
Patrick Lonneman also makes an effective argument, advocating that if UK is trying to provide a healthy campus, they should remove all the soda machines, Chic-Fil-A's, and Sbarros on campus and provide only healthy food.
Who's responsibility are our bad choices now?
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