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Tobacco Free Environments —Vaping

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Tobacco Free Environments —Vaping

State law, regulation, or district policy addresses vaping or electronic cigarette use.

Code of the District of Columbia 38-826.05. Tobacco-free school campuses.

(a) Tobacco and tobacco products are prohibited in public school and public charter school buildings, grounds, parking lots, parking garages, playing fields, school buses and other vehicles, and at off-campus, school-sponsored events.

Policy Type
Statute

Code of the District of Columbia 7-1702. Definitions.

For the purpose of this subchapter: (1A) “Educational facility” means any enclosed indoor area used primarily as a library or for instruction of enrolled students, including day care centers, nursery schools, elementary schools, and secondary schools, except smoking lounges or specific smoking areas approved by the principal or president of the school, college, or university pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Education, in the case of a public school, or by the trustees or other governing body, in the case of a college, university, or private educational institution. The term “educational facility” shall include all enclosed indoor areas supportive of instruction, including, but not limited to, classrooms, cafeterias, study areas and libraries, but excluding faculty lounges and specific areas approved by the principal of a given school pursuant to guidelines established by the Superintendent of Schools or the head of such private institutions. [...] (7) “Smoking” or “to smoke” means the inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying of a lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic smoking device, or any other tobacco or plant product intended for human consumption through inhalation, in any manner or in any form. (8) “Tobacco product” means any product that is made from or derived from tobacco and is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, or ingested by any other means, including through a cigarette, a cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, smokeless tobacco, or an electronic smoking device, as that term is defined in § 7-741.01(1). The term “tobacco product” also includes any component or accessory used in the consumption of a tobacco product, such as filters, rolling papers, pipes, or liquids used in electronic smoking devices. The term “tobacco product” does not include drugs, devices, or combination products authorized for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040; 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.).

Policy Type
Statute

Code of the District of Columbia 7-1703. Smoking restrictions.

(a) Smoking shall be prohibited in the following: (4) Any educational facility except as provided in § 7-1702(1A).

Policy Type
Statute

District of Columbia Municipal Regulations 19-713. Use of School Facilities: Other Limitations.

713.1 The use of tobacco in any form on school premises shall be prohibited, except that adults may smoke in special areas designated by the principal with the agreement of the D.C. Fire Marshal.

Policy Type
Regulation

District of Columbia Municipal Regulations 3502 Prohibited Uses of Buildings and Grounds

3502.5 The use of tobacco and tobacco products on public school premises shall be prohibited at all times, except that adults may use tobacco and tobacco products in designated smoking areas on public school premises established pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the Superintendent of Schools. 3502.6 For purposes of this section, "public school premises" shall be defined as any buildings and grounds, or portion thereof, owned or leased by the District of Columbia government and used by the Board of Education for its programs, offices, or activities. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this title, students shall not be permitted to use tobacco or tobacco products, on public school premises, at any time.

Policy Type
Regulation