Committee chairwoman and UT-Arlington human resources Vice President Jean Hood says the overall goal is to have a healthy workplace.
The ban would not take effect until August 2011. But nothing's final until public input is received Oct. 19 and until university President James Spaniolo has made a final decision.
Until then the campus has planned an anti-tobacco education and support campaign, starting Oct. 1.
Tarrant County College and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth have similar bans.
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