About 60 colleges in the U.S. have campus-wide smoking bans, while many others have imposed more limited smoking restrictions, according to the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation.

CNN reported Nov. 12 that Gainesville State College in Atlanta prohibits all use of tobacco products on campus. "It's just a healthier place to be, because as you go in a building, you're not going to have to go through smoke," said college president Martha Nesbitt. "When you walk out, you don't see cigarette butts littered around. It's just a cleaner, healthier campus."

"The trend toward a smoke-free country is going on everywhere," said Daniel Smith, president of the American Cancer Society (ACS) Action Network. "I think college campuses are simply reflecting the same trend we're seeing in society."

The ACS has aimed stop-smoking materials and interventions at college students, noted that U.S. smoking rates are highest among 18- to 24-year-olds.