March 8, 2017 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Smoking Bans

University of Texas System Bans Tobacco

The University of Texas System, a group of 14 public universities and medical centers in Texas, will be tobacco-free by the end of this academic year.

While the policies will be slightly different between campuses, all schools will ban tobacco use on the grounds and in buildings of every facility associated with the university.

The UT System includes more than 228,000 students and an additional 100,000 faculty.

It includes:

  • The University of Texas at Arlington
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • The University of Texas at Dallas
  • The University of Texas at El Paso
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Brownsville
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley —Edinburg
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Harlingen
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — McAllen
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Rio Grande City
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio
  • The University of Texas at Tyler
  • The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

A bill was introduced last week that would ban tobacco use on all state-owned properties in Texas, including colleges and universities.

Smoking Bans Texas University of Texas at Arlington University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at El Paso University of Texas at San Antonio University of Texas at Tyler University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas Medical Branch University of Texas of Permian Basin University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Brownsville University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Harlingen University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — McAllen University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Rio Grande City University of Texas Rio Grande Valley —Edinburg University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center University of Texas System
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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.

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