“I was also concerned for the health of students who weren’t vaping but who were still inhaling vaping fumes, not unlike passive smoking. “We have very few instances of vaping now — they know they’ll be caught. “In the early days [of the alarm system], there were parents shocked to the core that their child had been vaping. Most young people don’t know that vapes are generally recognised as being highly addictive, even more so than cigarettes. Nicotine through vaping is known to cause heart disease, it raises blood pressure and increases heart rate, which links to coronary heart disease.

Source: Irish Examiner February 03, 2026 16:01 UTC