2210 -USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
The Board of Education recognizes that the use of tobacco products is a health, safety and environmental hazard for students, employees, visitors and school facilities. The Board also acknowledges that adult employees serve as role models for students and that the Board's acceptance of any use of tobacco products implies school approval, if not endorsement, of such use. In addition, the Board recognizes that it has an obligation to promote a healthy learning and working environment, free from unwanted smoke, for the students, employees and visitors of the school system.
Accordingly, the Board enacts the following:
2210.1 Students may not possess, display, or use any tobacco product at any time on school premises, including school vehicles, or while participating in school-sponsored events. This restriction applies on all school system property and at all times, even when the individual is on school grounds as a visitor or spectator.
2210.2 No employee or visitor shall be permitted under any circumstances to use tobacco products in or on the grounds of any facility owned or leased or contracted for by the Durham Public Schools.
For the purposes of this policy, tobacco product is defined to include cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, snuff, and any other items containing or reasonably resembling tobacco or tobacco products. Tobacco use includes smoking, chewing, dipping, or any other use of tobacco products.
Legal Reference: G.S.115C-47,
Legal Reference: G.S.143-595 through -601; 20 USC '' 6081-6084
Adopted Effective: August 26, 1992
Revised: November 16, 1994
Revised Effective: July 1, 1999
Revised Effective: July 1, 2003
