STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point officials are considering making the campus -- indoors and outdoors -- smoke-free.

The Environmental Health and Safety committee of the Faculty Senate is looking at the proposal.

Chris Sadler, chairman of the Faculty Senate, said that the discussion is in the early stages.

Sadler said that the committee could hold an open forum or encourage attendance at one of its meetings to make sure the campus community was heard.

Smoking is already banned in campus buildings and smokers are required to light up 30 feet from building entrances.

The proposal would have to pass the committee, the entire Faculty Senate and Chancellor Linda Bunnell.

Earlier this year, the Student Government Association passed a resolution encouraging the committee to make the ban a referendum issue for the spring 2007 semester.