Tobacco Free K-12 School Policies in Florida

States and school districts around the United States have policies that prohibit smoking or tobacco use on school property. In 2011, Florida’s state legislature granted school districts the authority to restrict smoking on school district property. This is in addition to the state’s laws that prohibit anyone under the age of 21 from smoking or vaping within 1,000 feet of public or private K-12 schools during specific hours, and despite the state’s laws that preempt local regulation of smoking.

This map presents county-level school district policies in Florida that address requirements and/or prohibitions related to tobacco products. The map includes key characteristics of these policies, such as rationale supporting the policy, prohibitions on student possession, use, and sale, of tobacco products, prohibitions on adult use and sale of tobacco products, scope of definitions covering tobacco products, consequences for student tobacco infractions, provisions regarding staff enforcement, provisions regarding visitor enforcement, notification requirements, provision of tobacco prevention education, prohibitions on tobacco product promotion, prohibitions on the solicitation or acceptance of gifts from tobacco companies, exceptions to the policy, requirements to provide tobacco cessation resources to students and staff, and dedicated policy evaluation requirements.

This map identifies and displays key features of district or county-level tobacco policies across all 67 school districts in Florida, in effect as of December 31, 2021.

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1. Does the school district have a policy regulating tobacco in schools?
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1.1. Is a rationale statement included in the tobacco free policy?
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1.2. Is the POSSESSION of tobacco products prohibited FOR STUDENTS across all school district property and at off-campus school-sponsored events at all times?
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1.3. Is the POSSESSION of tobacco products prohibited FOR NON-STUDENTS across all school district property and at off-campus school-sponsored events?
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1.3.1. Who (non-students) is prohibited from the POSSESSION of tobacco products on school property and at off-campus school-sponsored events?
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1.3.2. Is the POSSESSION of tobacco products prohibited at all times for non-students?
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1.4. Is the USE of tobacco products prohibited FOR STUDENTS across all school district property and at off-campus school-sponsored events at all times?
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1.5. Is the USE of tobacco products prohibited FOR NON-STUDENTS across all school district property and at off-campus school-sponsored events?
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1.5.1. Who (non-students) is prohibited from the USE of tobacco products on school property and at off-campus school-sponsored events?
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1.5.2. Is the USE of tobacco products prohibited at all times for non-students?
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1.6. Is the SALE of tobacco products prohibited FOR STUDENTS across all school district property and at off-campus school-sponsored events at all times?
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1.7. Is the SALE of tobacco products prohibited FOR NON-STUDENTS across all school district property and at off-campus school-sponsored events?
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1.7.1. Who (non-students) is prohibited from the SALE of tobacco products on school property and at off-campus school-sponsored events?
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1.7.2. Is the SALE of tobacco products prohibited at all times for non-students?
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2. What is included in the definition of "tobacco"?
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3. What are the consequences for a student violation of the policy?
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3.1. Do the potential student consequences vary by level of infraction?
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4. How does the tobacco free policy address staff enforcement?
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5. How does the tobacco free policy address visitor enforcement?
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6. What notification measures are required in the tobacco free policy?
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7. Is the school district required to provide tobacco prevention education for all students?
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7.1. Does the education requirement explicitly prohibit the use of tobacco industry materials?
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8. Is the promotion of tobacco products prohibited?
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9. Is the school district prohibited from soliciting gifts from the tobacco industry?
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10. Is the school district prohibited from accepting gifts from the tobacco industry?
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11. What exceptions are included in the tobacco free policy?
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12. Is the school district required to make cessation program information available to students and staff?
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13. Is the school district required to complete regular evaluations of existing tobacco free policies and related programs?
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