3215 Tobacco Free Workplace

The Board of Control is committed to providing students, staff, and visitors with a tobacco-free and smoke-free environment. The negative health effects of tobacco use for both users and non-users, particularly in connection with second hand smoke, are well-established. Further, providing a non-smoking and tobacco-free environment is consistent with the responsibilities of teachers and staff to be positive role models for our students. The Board also recognizes, however, the right of individuals under State law to use lawful products, including tobacco, during non-working hours off Agency premises.

For purposes of this policy, "use of tobacco" means to chew or maintain any substance containing tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, in the mouth to derive the effects of tobacco, as well as all uses of tobacco, including cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, any other matter or substances that contain tobacco, in addition to papers used to roll cigarettes and/or the smoking of electronic, "vapor," or other substitute forms of cigarettes, clove cigarettes and any other lighted smoking devices for burning tobacco or any other substance.

Wis. Stats. 111.321

Wis. Stats. 120.12(20)

Cross Ref.: Policy 7434 Use of Tobacco

Adopted 4/4/2013