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144.4165 TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
No person shall at any time smoke, chew, or otherwise ingest tobacco or a tobacco product
in a public school, as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13. This prohibition
extends to all facilities, whether owned, rented, or leased, and all vehicles that a school district
owns, leases, rents, contracts for, or controls. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the lighting of
tobacco by an adult as a part of a traditional Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony. For purposes
of this section, an Indian is a person who is a member of an Indian tribe as defined in section
260.755 subdivision 12.
History: 1992 c 576 s 3; 1993 c 224 art 9 s 42; 1996 c 412 art 13 s 30; 1998 c 397 art 11 s
3; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 1999 c 245 art 2 s 26

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