The Board of Education has a duty to protect and promote the health and well-being of all students and staff. The Board is acutely aware of the serious health risks associated with the use of tobacco products, both to users and non-users, and that most tobacco use begins by the age of eighteen. The Board recognizes that district personnel and school visitors serve as role models to students and, therefore, adopts this 100% Tobacco-Free School policy to endorse a healthy lifestyle and prevent tobacco use.

For the purpose of this policy "tobacco" is defined to include any lighted or unlighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, bidi, clove cigarette, and any other smoking product, and spit tobacco, also known as smokeless, dip, chew, and snuff, in any form.

No student, staff member, volunteer, or school visitor is permitted to smoke, inhale, dip, or chew tobacco at any time, including non-school hours:

No student, staff member, or volunteer is permitted to smoke, inhale, dip, or chew tobacco at any time, including non-school hours, at any school-sponsored event off campus. Additionally, no student is permitted to possess cigarettes, other tobacco products, papers use to roll cigarettes, lighters or other paraphernalia at any time.

"No Tobacco" signs will be posted throughout the district at entrances and other appropriate locations on all academic buildings, administrative spaces, and athletic fields. Students will be provided notice of this policy through student handbooks and District personnel will be provided notice of this policy through personnel handbooks. District vehicles will display a "No Tobacco" insignia.

Announcements will be made during home athletic events both before the event and during intermission, as well as at all school functions where deemed appropriate. School programs will include a written reminder of the no tobacco policy.

Disciplinary measures taken against students and staff for violations of this policy comply with the requirements of Ohio law and related District policies.

The following disciplinary actions shall be taken against school visitors found in violation of this policy:

R.C. 2923.12, 3313.20, 3313.47, 3794 et seq.
20 U.S.C. 6081 et seq., 20 U.S.C. 7182
U.S.D.O.E. Memorandum, 1995

Revised 8/8/07