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Shawn Angell poses while smoking his vape pen in the morning before class on October 31, 2018.

Kent Roosevelt High School deals with tobacco use among students

Bryan Vohsing November 4, 2018

In Portage County, nearly 12 percent of those ages 12 to 17 use tobacco products, according to the Ohio Department of Health.Statistics like these are why the Food and Drug Administration called the recent...

Rick Nease color illustration of cigarette-butt-filled ashtray sitting on a no-smoking coaster. The Detroit Free Press 2010

KSU prepares for 2017 smoking ban

Gabrielle Gentile April 27, 2016

When Kent State’s smoking ban goes into effect in July 2017, don’t expect hundreds of smokers to be sent to Conduct Court.The university is counting on promoting health and a culture shift to help...