Better Than the Patch

Clarion University has banned smoking from campus.

Not just outside buildings, but all of campus. As a non-smoker, I'm all about this--I hate having to walk behind a smoker and ultimately getting smoke in my face. (Usually I speed up and dodge around them, and send heinous vibes their way as I pass.) But I can see how that would be frustrating to smokers, who usually just have to be a few feet away from a building. Still, some of the reactions seem a little extreme:

"Jon DiSalvo, 23...said smoking is his addiction, he loves it and those who don't like what he exhales can step a couple of feet back. 'The walkway is five feet. I'm maybe a foot and a half wide,' he said. 'There's three other feet they could be walking on.'"

Yeah, because smoke stays in a one-foot zone around you. What a charmer.

Also, smoking is bad for your health and potentially costs thousands of dollars a year and makes you smell like a grandparent. Take this as incentive to quit, Jon.