Revisions will target smokeless products
Jump to full article: Augusta (GA) Chronicle, 2008-08-23
Author: Betsy Gilliland Staff Writer
Intro: School systems in Columbia and Richmond counties are strengthening policies that restrict tobacco products on school grounds. The Columbia County school board is expected to give final approval Tuesday to a policy prohibiting all tobacco on school property.
"It's more or less smokeless tobacco that is being targeted," Superintendent Charles Nagle said.
The Richmond County school board approved a similar policy revision earlier this month. It expands the definition of tobacco products, tobacco use and school property and stipulates that tobacco use is prohibited 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The school systems are updating their policies to support an initiative by Georgia's East Central Public Health District to create tobacco-free schools.
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