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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPolicy 19 - Tobacco Free CampusOTAY WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS POLICY Subject Policy Number Date Adopted Date Revised SMOKING, TOBACCO AND NICOTINE FREE CAMPUS 19 03/06/89 09/07/16 Page 1 of 2 PURPOSE To establish the policy regarding smoking, vaping, and the use of e- cigarettes, tobacco, and nicotine products on District property. This policy applies to all employees, consultants, volunteers and visitors while on District property, in District vehicles, and at areas designated as District field work sites. DEFINITIONS 1.“Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or form. “Smoking” includes the use of an electronic smoking device that creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form, or the use of any oral smoking device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking. 2.“Tobacco and Nicotine product” means any of the following: A.A product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, smokeless tobacco, dissolvable tobacco, pipe tobacco, or snuff. B.An electronic device that delivers nicotine or other vaporized liquids to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe, or hookah. C.Any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, whether or not sold separately. 3.“Use” means any method of consuming Tobacco and Nicotine Products including, but not limited to, Smoking, inhaling, chewing, burning, vaping (with or without nicotine), or the use of e- cigarettes and similar methods and devices. POLICY 1.The Otay Water District is dedicated to maintaining a safe and productive working environment for its employees and is committed to taking appropriate action to eliminate threats to employees' health and safety posed by Smoking, vaping, e-cigarettes and the Use of Tobacco and Nicotine Products. 2.This policy prohibits Smoking, vaping (with or without nicotine), e-cigarettes, and the Use of Tobacco and Nicotine Products within OTAY WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS POLICY Subject Policy Number Date Adopted Date Revised SMOKING, TOBACCO AND NICOTINE FREE CAMPUS 19 03/06/89 09/07/16 Page 2 of 2 District-controlled properties where employees and other persons will be exposed to secondhand smoke, vaping and/or smokeless Tobacco and Nicotine residue. Accordingly, Smoking, vaping, e- cigarettes and the Use of Tobacco and Nicotine Products is prohibited on all District-owned property, vehicles and at District-designated field work sites. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Use of nicotine gum and patches intended and used for smoking-cessation are permissible. 3.No ashtrays or other ash receptacles will be placed in areas where Smoking, vaping, e-cigarettes or the Use of Tobacco and Nicotine Products is prohibited. The only exceptions will be outside the public entrances to District facilities, in order to assist visitors in discarding of their products. RESPONSIBILITY Managers and supervisors are responsible for enforcing this policy in areas under their control.