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The Western School Board will not be charged for continuing to defy a provincial ban on smoking on school property at Westisle Composite High.
Students at Westisle — on Route 2 in Elmsdale west of Summerside — are smoking on school grounds despite a provincial ban that came into effect in July.
The board feels it would be dangerous to chase smokers off school property because their other option would be to smoke on the shoulder of the highway.
Health Minister Chester Gillan told CBC News Tuesday the board is in a grace period, and he's not going to enforce the smoking law for now.
He said the board will have to start working on an alternative plan to comply with the smoking rules.
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