As e-cigarettes invade high schools across the country, teachers like Jennifer Walden have found that students are even vaping during class. Walden, of King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham, Massachusetts, recalled two students "seated in the back two desks in the corner. They had their ...
A high school principal displays vaping devices that were confiscated from students in such places as restrooms or hallways in Massachusetts. Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping and handing out harsh punishments for many who are caught.(...
Across the country, how to stop vaping in schools is becoming a major conversation. To stand up against the teen vaping epidemic, there are eight things that schools should do: Create an effective vaping policy: A clear and concise vape-free policy is the first step to addressing the problem...
After vaping and alcohol, the most common thing teens use is marijuana, the survey found. About 1 in 4 students said they'd used marijuana at least once in the past year. It was more common in older kids - about 1 in 17 high school seniors said they use marijuana every ...
Sadreameli and Mora were asked by Rizzo about the current proliferation of e-cigarettes among children and teenagers in schools today. They highlighted their views on the dangers of vaping and their widespread utilization. “I this it’s an epidemic, and I definitely believe that as physicians,...
Have you or someone you know ever felt the urge to try vaping after seeing it on social media or in other media outlets? How do you think young people can play a more proactive role in combating the vaping epidemic in schools? Do you have any groups in your school that do...
Among the high school students who vaped, fewer than one in four vaped on 20 or more days a month—or 1.99% of the entire age group. That is yet more evidence that the vast majority of teenage vaping is experimental—more a fad than an “epidemic of addiction,” as youth vaping is ...
JUUL and the teenage “vaping epidemic” The opponents of vapor products had long beaten the drum of “child-appealing” flavors. In fact, the accusation that flavors (other than tobacco) were especially attractive to youth had been with vapingalmost since the beginning, well before Lorillard Tob...
A glimpse of student athletes in peak physical condition vaping just moments after a competing in a football game led Stamford High School Principal Raymond Manka to reconsider his approach to the epidemic. Hisschooltraditionally has emphasized discipline for those caught withe-cigarettes. Punishments be...
A school district in Channing, Texas, is updating its studentdress codeto combat the teenvapingepidemic. Channing Independent School District decided to modify the dress code for its schools after receiving tips that students were vaping on campus,ABC7reported. ...