Smoking on School Grounds

I thought that smoking had long ago been outlawed on public school property, but I'm wrong. According to a report by Jane Schmucker in the Toledo Blade, the NW Ohio community of Swanton does allow smoking on school grounds.

The district�s smoking policy, which allows smoking underneath the football stands and just outside of the gymnasium, is expected to come up for a vote this summer.

"We�re telling our kids smoking is not good and to be healthy you should not smoke � and yet we allow smoking outside the gymnasium," Superintendent McQuade said.

One could almost make a connection between participation in athletics and craving for nicotine.