Newly dubbed 'tobacco-free' U. will begin enforcing violations next summer

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah has declared itself a tobacco-free campus, and rules enforcing that mandate will be enforced beginning next summer.The designation was approved by the Academic Senate on May 1 and officially bestowed in July. But the U. will not implement enforcement of new tobacco prohibitions until July 1, 2018, following a yearlong campaign to educate people on campus about the change, Robin Marcus, chief wellness officer for University of Utah Health, said Monday