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SMOKING ON SCHOOL PREMISES

Tobacco use in any form is prohibited at all times in all school buildings and transportation vehicles occupied by students and/or used for instructional purposes.  Tobacco use in any form is prohibited on school grounds.  Tobacco use includes smoking, which means carrying or having in one’s possession an electronic smoking device or a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or other object giving off or containing any substance giving off smoke.  Tobacco use also includes the use of smokeless tobacco products. 

Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in Maine and is responsible for chronic disease and disability (lung, heart, cancer and stroke).  In addition, the majority of smokers begin smoking during childhood and nicotine addiction begins during the first few years of tobacco use.  In order to reduce the high incidence of tobacco use, promote health and safety of all students and employees and to promote the cleanliness of all facilities, the School Committee prohibit the use, distribution and sale of tobacco products in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses and at school sponsored functions at all times by all persons.  Tobacco products include but are not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and chewing tobacco.

Furthermore, students are prohibited from possessing tobacco products in school buildings, on school grounds, on buses and at school-sponsored functions at all times.  Students are also prohibited from wearing, advertising and or displaying any type of tobacco promotion materials.

Education on Tobacco prevention will be incorporated into the district’s K-8 comprehensive health curriculum as part of the Maine Learning Results, so that all students will be aware of the consequences of use/nonuse of tobacco products. 

Legal Reference: Goals 2000: Educate America Act, Pub. L.  103-227, §§ 1043

   Title 22 MRSA §§ 1578-B

Adopted:   February 13, 1996

Revised:   March 12, 2020