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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2610

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By House Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives L. Johnson, Talcott, Valle, Brown, Dellwo, Cooke, Cothern, Van Luven, Linville, Jacobsen, G. Cole, Shin, Pruitt, Patterson, Campbell and Brough)

Read first time 02/04/94.

Prohibiting tobacco products on all school grounds.

    AN ACT Relating to prohibiting use of tobacco products; amending RCW 28A.210.310; adding a new section to chapter 28C.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.210 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28C.04 RCW to read as follows:

    RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CAMPUSES AND LEASED PROPERTY.  To protect students and the public from exposure to cancer-causing agents in environmental tobacco smoke, effective January 1, 1995, each educational institution as defined in RCW 28C.04.410(3) shall adopt and enforce a written policy prohibiting the use of all tobacco products in facilities, buildings, and vehicles owned or leased by the institution.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.10 RCW to read as follows:

    RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND LEASED PROPERTY.  To protect students and the public from exposure to cancer-causing agents in environmental tobacco smoke, effective January 1, 1995, each institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a written policy prohibiting the use of all tobacco products in facilities, buildings, and vehicles owned or leased by the institution of higher education.

    Sec. 3.  RCW 28A.210.310 and 1989 c 233 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

    RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.  To protect children in the public and private schools of this state from exposure to the addictive substance of nicotine and cancer-causing agents found in environmental tobacco smoke, each school or school district ((board of directors)) shall adopt a written policy mandating a prohibition on the use of all tobacco products on ((public)) school property.  A total ban on the use of all tobacco products shall be enforced by September 1, 1991, for public schools and September 1, 1994, for private schools.  Schools may make available tobacco cessation information and referral to students in violation of this section, in coordination with local health departments, voluntary organizations, and others.  The policy may allow for exemptions from this prohibition with regard to alternative educational programs.

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