2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 32 - Tobacco Offenses.
97-32-27 - Definitions.

§ 97-32-27. Definitions.
 

(1)  "Adult" means any natural person at least eighteen (18) years old. 

(2)  "Minor" means any natural person under the age of eighteen (18) years. 

(3)  "Person" means any natural person. 

(4)  "Tobacco product" means any substance that contains tobacco including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff, smoking tobacco or smokeless tobacco. 

(5)  "Educational property" means any public school building or bus, public school campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned, used or operated by any local school board, school, or directors for the administration of any public educational institution or during a school-related activity; provided, however, that the term "educational property" shall not include any sixteenth section school land or lieu land on which is not located a public school building, public school campus, public school recreational area or public school athletic field. Educational property shall not include property owned or operated by the state institutions of higher learning, the public community and junior colleges, or vocational-technical complexes where only adult students are in attendance. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 626, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2000.