{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-21-609","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-21-609","heading":"Prohibition against smoking, the use of tobacco or tobacco products, or the use of e-cigarettes - Definition","body":"(a) As used in this section, \"e-cigarette\" means an electronic oral device that provides a vapor of nicotine or another substance that, when used or inhaled simulates smoking, including without limitation a device that: (1) Is composed of a heating element, battery, or electronic circuit, or a combination of heating element, battery, and electronic circuit; (2) Works in combination with a liquid nicotine delivery device composed either in whole or in part of pure nicotine and propylene glycol and manufactured for use with e-cigarettes; and (3) Is manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other name or descriptor. (b) Smoking tobacco, the use of tobacco or tobacco products, or the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited: (1) In or on real property owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school; or (2) In or on personal property, including without limitation school buses, owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school. (c) A copy of this statute shall be posted in a conspicuous location at every entrance to each building owned or leased by a public school district and every school bus used to transport public school students. (d) A person who violates this section commits a violation punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Amended by Act 2013, No. 1099,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1987, No. 854, §§ 1, 2; 1997, No. 779, § 1; 1999, No. 1555, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 70.\n\n(a) As used in this section, \"e-cigarette\" means an electronic oral device that provides a vapor of nicotine or another substance that, when used or inhaled simulates smoking, including without limitation a device that: (1) Is composed of a heating element, battery, or electronic circuit, or a combination of heating element, battery, and electronic circuit; (2) Works in combination with a liquid nicotine delivery device composed either in whole or in part of pure nicotine and propylene glycol and manufactured for use with e-cigarettes; and (3) Is manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other name or descriptor.\n\n(1) Is composed of a heating element, battery, or electronic circuit, or a combination of heating element, battery, and electronic circuit;\n\n(2) Works in combination with a liquid nicotine delivery device composed either in whole or in part of pure nicotine and propylene glycol and manufactured for use with e-cigarettes; and\n\n(3) Is manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other name or descriptor.\n\n(b) Smoking tobacco, the use of tobacco or tobacco products, or the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited: (1) In or on real property owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school; or (2) In or on personal property, including without limitation school buses, owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school.\n\n(1) In or on real property owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school; or\n\n(2) In or on personal property, including without limitation school buses, owned or leased by a public school district, including a public charter school.\n\n(c) A copy of this statute shall be posted in a conspicuous location at every entrance to each building owned or leased by a public school district and every school bus used to transport public school students.\n\n(d) A person who violates this section commits a violation punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 21","Subchapter 6"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"07af2b0bbb73040627c2ae61ab5aefb6f948e5544d0366bae57b989087c791c3","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-21-608","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-21-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}