Issuing Government Circular for Making all School Tobacco Free - Bhavnagar
A 100 percent Tobacco-Free school has a policy that prohibits the use of tobacco products by anyone, including students, staff, and visitors, on school grounds or at school events at all times. This tobacco-free zone includes school premises, school vehicles, and school events, both indoors and outdoors, and both on and off school property.
In North Carolina, all public schools are 100 percent tobacco-free thanks to seven years of hard work by tobacco control advocates in local communities across the state.
In 2000, the Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch hosted the state’s first Teen Summit in Charlotte. One of the main goals that developed from that conference was the need for 100 percent percent tobacco-free school policies that applied to school staff, parents and visitors – not just students. This means no tobacco use for any person at any time including sporting events and off-campus field trips.
At the time of the summit, only five of 115 NC school systems had such a policy. Work began to increase that number. Since no state law covered the issue at the time, each school board had to be approached individually about developing a tobacco-free policy.
A 100 percent Tobacco-Free school has a policy that prohibits the use of tobacco products by anyone, including students, staff, and visitors, on school grounds or at school events at all times. This tobacco-free zone includes school premises, school vehicles, and school events, both indoors and outdoors, and both on and off school property.
In North Carolina, all public schools are 100 percent tobacco-free thanks to seven years of hard work by tobacco control advocates in local communities across the state.
In 2000, the Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch hosted the state’s first Teen Summit in Charlotte. One of the main goals that developed from that conference was the need for 100 percent percent tobacco-free school policies that applied to school staff, parents and visitors – not just students. This means no tobacco use for any person at any time including sporting events and off-campus field trips.
At the time of the summit, only five of 115 NC school systems had such a policy. Work began to increase that number. Since no state law covered the issue at the time, each school board had to be approached individually about developing a tobacco-free policy.
