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~ PITTSBURGH POST GA'ZET'hE & SUN TELEGRAPH PittstburgZa, Pennsylvania October 13', 1962 ~f S}"I~,~~~ TheseYsame general condi, ~,1(, ~,i<i l~ tions prevaffi at:other colleges ,, in Pittsburghi Y~,o11~iS 11 k At Chatham College, stn- liil ly dents are p e r m i't t e d to smoke in their dormitories, w~ O,~' ~D 1n the cafeteria and i in other 1 J j gathering places, eaeept the Chapeh Ban on Adn~ertS~in~ , They rnay, smoke In the Yenditlg Machines classrooms dUring, d.asses,'but om at Chatham this is governed Asked b Th S' Pson by a special rule. At the be- Dr, Douglass S. Thompson„ ginning, of' each semester, the head of' the University of students in all classes are Pittsburgh's student h e a l t h asked to vote on whether they service; has launched a, cam- favor smoking during class paign to discourage students hours. The will of' the• ma- from srnoking jarity prevail§. . But, a university spokesman ' ' At' Mt. Mercy, students are ' emphasiaed yesterday, t h e permitted to smoke at break- • campaign is an educational fast and luncheon, but not a't' one and does not'refiect a uni+ supper in the dining hall. In versity stand' for or against the dormitories, smoking is St' srnoking cigarets. not allowed in rooms.u; Dr. Th o rnip s o n said he dents must use special "smok; would like to see cigaret ad: er rooms" set aside for this', vertising, removed from the purpose. student newspapers, and'! el. Public School Ban ther have cigaret' vending ma- chines removed or a sticker At' Carnegie Tech, a spokes: af<ixedlon each machine warn+ Man said no special "anti- i' ing of the possible dan ers of smoking" campaigns contem- g plated "" .Smoking he said , smoxtnQy , is permitted when It Is ap- No Free Samples _. propriate to the place or oeea- " hTone of'these requests, saidi sion, a uniiversity official, has been i In the Pittsburgh p u b 1 i c adopted. The university has schools, students are not per. Issued a ban on distribution mitted to smoke within two of free sainples, but, said the blocks of a school building. A spokesm'an: this is in keeping, spokesman conceded that this with a 'policy against "com- might "be rather difficult to mercial exploitation of the enforce 10U'per eenU" students." However, in both junior Students are permitt'ed to and senior high school, tearh• smoke in their dormitories, ini ers discuss the health aspectse the cafet'eria and in other of' smoking in a course de. public gathering places on the~ voted to "alcohol, narcotics Pitt:campus: and tobacco." : MEML,IGENCEFt ~ t YTdheeling, West Virginia -SePtemher 26, 19(e `` Promotion Of ` Cianet, C1se Is < ' Bann~ed at WLS '' PrQmotion, of' cigarette uve mi the West Libertys"S'Caie Colic;c campus has been banned, it was revealed today. Cigarette salrs. '• men who visit', the Wesi Lihci!.;v campus are no lon;^er permitlrit' to distribute free samples or to advertise their product in a n3way: ' At Uke opening , of' the new schoql year President Paul N. El- bin;.in response to a request frmii, ' the United States Public Afealtl. ! Servzce;, ordered an end lb su<•h, :practices in view of health ' hazards involveC. All coll'ego ' preridents in the natian„Presiilcn( ~ Elbin states. were askerti to, take similar action. tictaces w: the new policq were sent froin T)r. Elbin's office to the monaccr of W e s t Lib'erty's student center, dbrroi- 'tory directors. per: nnnel deans andl the adviser of the school nes. ypapcr. ~ .r irf+g..~m ,r t l~y i n f tv1P- { r~