South Carolina Tobacco Collaborative

Policy

We also encourage South Carolina’s school districts to adopt model tobacco-free policies. The key components of such policies include prohibiting the use and/or possession of all tobacco products or paraphernalia including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco and snuff by all students, staff and visitors; ensuring that tobacco use prevention programs are an integral part of district substance abuse prevention efforts; and providing and/or referring to cessation services for students and staff. The goal of these policies is to provide a 100% tobacco-free, smoke-free environment for all students, staff and visitors within all district facilities, vehicles and grounds and at all district-sponsored events by doing the following:

• Exhibiting healthy behavior for all students, staff, visitors and the entire community
• Utilizing proven and effective science-based tobacco use prevention curricula
• Providing access to cessation counseling or referral services for all students and staff.

Check the map below to see which South Carolina School Districts have adopted the model policy.. 

RESOURCES:
Map of model policy school districts.
Map of model policy Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Creating 100% Tobacco-Free Schools in SC: An Administrator's Guide to Policy Implementation.