School districts grapple with vaping in high schools

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Christianne Shadidi, a junior at Deering High School in Portland, hasn’t seen much vaping in the hallways and bathrooms at the high school yet this school year, but she expects that in the coming weeks students will find a way to circumvent the rules to take a drag on their vape pens during the school day.

Vaping has become an increasing problem in schools as students become addicted to nicotine by using the hard-to-detect devices. About one-third of high school students have tried vaping, according to a recent survey.

Read more on the Portland Press Herald.

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