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Will now tackle nicotine-laden candy products
Jump to full article: The Times of Northwest Indiana, 2009-10-03
Intro: PORTAGE * The Portage Township School Board this week approved a ban on all tobacco products on school property effective Jan. 1, but now are investigating how they could control another questionable substance - nicotine-laden candy.
Board member Glenda Owens said she's concerned after hearing about a new product during a recent Indiana School Board Association convention. A company is test marketing a nicotine-laden candy and strips in Indianapolis. The new products, which could be on the general market in less than a year, are packaged in containers resembling cigarette packs.
Owens suggested language be added to the tobacco-ban policies that would also ban the nicotine products from district property.
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