{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144.4165","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 144.4165","heading":"TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.","body":"(a) No person shall at any time smoke, chew, or otherwise ingest tobacco, or carry or use an activated 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, or in a charter school governed by chapter 124E. 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.\n(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the lighting of tobacco by an adult as a part of a traditional Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony. An American Indian student may carry a medicine pouch containing loose tobacco intended as observance of traditional spiritual or cultural practices. 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.","path":["HEALTH","CHAPTER 144. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH","CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144.4165","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:33Z","sha256":"e991e15a1ae14ac6afa356bac1e2f8242d50bc820434ae61d1eccfb1bbade778","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144.416","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-144.4167"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}