144.4165 TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

No person shall at any time smoke, chew, or otherwise ingest tobacco or a tobacco product, or deleted text begin inhale or exhale vapor from deleted text end new text begin carry or use new text end an new text begin activated new text end electronic delivery device as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1 , in a public school, as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13 , new text begin or in a charter school governed by chapter 124E, new text end and no person under the age of 18 shall possess any of these items. This prohibition extends to all facilities, whether owned, rented, or leased, and all vehicles that a school district owns, leases, rents, contracts for, or controls. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the lighting of tobacco by an adult as a part of a traditional Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony. For purposes of this section, an Indian is a person who is a member of an Indian tribe as defined in section 260.755 subdivision 12 .