They’re marketed to smokers as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, but officials say they’re making their way to teens with surprising ease. A new wave of smaller vapes has swept through schools in recent months, officials say, replacing bulkier e-cigarettes from the past. “We’ve seen significant increases across the student body,” said Robert Keuther, principal at Marshfield High School on the south shore of Massachusetts. At some schools, vaping penalties have been raised to an automatic suspension. “What would they rather have me do, smoke cigarettes or vape?”While high schools have typically faced the widest problems, some districts say it’s now spreading to middle schools.

Source: National Post April 29, 2018 12:02 UTC