Officers from our Safer Schools Team are aware that vaping is becoming an increasing issue in schools across the district with reports of children as young as seven years old vaping. 

A lot of young people use vapes because of their popularity. It’s easy for them to buy vapes online, in local shops and through friends or social media, however, many of the vapes targeted at children not only have high levels of nicotine, making them very addictive, they often contain illegal drugs or chemicals.

Some of these vapes are so strong that for some children, just taking one puff is causing them to become very unwell with some children requiring hospitalisation.

Parents/Guardians - please see the below letter for further information & guidance. 

Additional help for children to give up vaping can be found here: https://teen.smokefree.gov/quit-vaping