FILE:  JCDAA-E

SMOKING IN THE SCHOOLS "Uniform Code of Discipline...."
No student shall be allowed to smoke in district buildings, school vehicles, or on the school premises at any time.

The Youth Tobacco Act (MCL 722.641 et seq.) prohibits any person from selling, giving, or furnishing any cigarette, cigar, chewing tobacco, tobacco snuff, or tobacco in any other form to a person under eighteen (18) years of age. Further, it prohibits a person under eighteen (18) years of age from possessing or smoking cigarettes or cigars, possessing or using tobacco in any other form on a public highway, street, alley, park, or other lands used for public purposes or in a public place of business or amusement. No student shall be permitted to violate the provisions of the Youth Tobacco Act on school premises or while attending or participating in school activities at any time. Students violating the prohibitions of this section shall be subject to suspension and/or expulsion.

 
REVISED: 7-02-90
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan