School policy prohibits any tobacco on campus
With school having recently started back, I just wanted to remind all students, staff, parents and visitors that all Guilford County Schools are 100 percent tobacco-free.
The policy says that no tobacco products are allowed on school grounds or at any school-sponsored events at any time. This policy covers all sporting events, including football, and affects parents when they are picking up their children. This policy helps protect us from exposure to secondhand smoke and keeps the school grounds clean.
If you are a smoker and would like help quitting, please call North Carolina's free smoking-cessation "Quit Line" at 1-800-QUITNOW.
Thank you for supporting and following the policy.
Megan Spofford
Greensboro
The writer is a junior at Southeast Guilford High School.
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Tobacco, what joke. How about sending the Drug dogs to the Western Guilford campus? My son says there's enough weed (refer for us old fogies) being sold there during the school day to supply Tommy Chong for a year.
Posted on September 4, 2006 12:35 PM
Hugh,
I remember when we had a smoking zone in high school. That was about 20 years ago. It was outside and away from any student who did not want to be there. No second hand smoke issues that I could see.
However, when going to the bathroom, you were almost guaranteed a contact high from the purple haze.
Posted on September 5, 2006 12:33 PM