Policy Checklist

How Comprehensive Is Your Tobacco-Free School Policy?

INSTRUCTIONS: Use this checklist to compare your policy to the recommended elements listed below. Check all the elements that are included in your current policy.

 

      INCLUDED

I. Federal & State Legal Requirements
Prohibits tobacco use in school buildings and on grounds   Students
  Staff
  Visitors
Prohibits smoking in any indoor facility owned, leased or contracted for by the school for services to children   Students
  Staff
  Visitors
Prohibits smoking in school vehicles   Students
  Staff
  Visitors
Requires Tobacco-Free school signage in school buildings, vehicles and on school grounds in compliance with NYS law    
Requires that all students receive instruction on avoiding tobacco use    

II. Core Policy Elements
Defines tobacco to include all types of smoking and smokeless tobacco products    
Prohibits tobacco use a. In school vehicles Students
Staff
Visitors
b. At school functions away from school property Students
Staff
Visitors
Prohibits the sale of tobacco on school property or at school functions   Students
  Staff
  Visitors
Prohibits tobacco advertising a. In school buildings and on grounds  
b. At school functions  
Requires that referrals to tobacco cessation resources be provided to students and staff    
Requires enforcement for violations by   Students
  Staff
  Visitors

III. Comprehensive Policy Elements
Provides rationale for Tobacco-Free School Policy    
Prohibits possession of tobacco by students in school buildings, on grounds and at school-sponsored events    
School will request Tobacco-Free editions of publications in school libraries    
Prohibits students from wearing or displaying tobacco-related clothing, gear, or other paraphenalia    
Prohibits toacco industry sponsorship and marketing
(e.g., no gifts, funding or parent/ classroom educational materials from tobacco industry)		    
Requires Alternative to Suspension educational program to be incorporated into enforcement procedures for students who violate policy    
Requires that the policy be communicated annually to   Students
  Staff
  Visitors
  Community
States that the policy remains in effect at all times