Jump to full article: Lowell (MA) Sun, 2009-06-25
Author: Kirk Boutselis, Sun Correspondent
Intro: If you're a smoker, you better think twice about lighting up anywhere near a school building or school-sponsored event.
School officials and the Board of Health are more serious than ever about enforcing the district's no-smoking policy and are now taking strong measures to expand and enforce the existing policy to curb underage tobacco use and the spread of second-hand smoke.
Voting unanimously last night, the School Committee approved the final draft of a revised policy that will tie monetary penalties with smoking-cessation programs and disciplinary measures that increase with each offense.
The policy will now affect any individual -- regardless of whether they are a student, school employee or visitor -- who enters school property or attends a school event.
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