§ 68-1-142 — Dissemination of information concerning health effects and dangers of using vapor products to students

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Junior high school" means a school in which any combination of grades corresponding to grade seven through grade ten (7-10) are taught; however, the school must include grade nine (9); (2) "Middle school" means a school designed to serve grades five through eight (5-8) only, or any combination of grades five through eight (5-8); (3) "Senior high school" means a school in which any combination of grades corresponding to grade nine through grade twelve (9-12) are taught; however, the school must include grade twelve (12); and (4) "Vapor product": (A) Means a noncombustible product containing nicotine or another substance that employs a mechanical heating element, battery, electronic circuit, or other mechanism, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce or emit vapor; (B) Includes an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product, and a vapor cartridge or other container of a solution containing nicotine or another substance that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product; and (C) Does not include a product regulated under Chapter V of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. § 351 et seq.). (b) The department of health, in coordination with the department of education, shall disseminate information from the centers for disease control and prevention concerning the health effects and dangers of using vapor products to students in public middle schools, public junior high schools, and public senior high schools in this state.

Legislative History

Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 157,s 1, eff. 4/20/2021.