ANN ARBOR (WWJ) - A smoking ban for the entire University of Michigan campus is about to take effect.

The ban, effective July 1, includes all property owned by the school, including parking lots used by tailgaters before football games. Smoking on public sidewalks ... or in a car ... will still be allowed.

U-M says the ban delivers an unequivocal message about the ills of smoking, including increased health care costs and employee sick days.

But the Detroit Free Press reports school officials say U-M police officers won't be issuing tickets. Instead, employees and students will be subject to disciplinary procedures already in place. For U-M employees, it might amount to a workplace violation.

For students, it could include taking part in a resolution process involving the offended party who reported the smoking violation, with repeat and flagrant violations risking an unlikely disenrollment.

The report does not state what the university plans as punishment for visitors who ban the campus no-smoking policy. U-M officials estimate about 8% of their staff and faculty smoke -- about 3,200 folks. The university said there isn't data about how many students smoke.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.