SCHOOL VAPING ALARMS IN LOOS

Head's bid to stop teens using e-cigs

- DAN VEVERS

A HIGH school has become one of the first in the country to install “screaming” vape detectors in a bid to clamp down on underage vaping.

The Royal High School in Edinburgh has invested about £1000 on the devices, which are wired into the three main toilets.

They go off like a smoke detector if they pick up the chemicals of vape mist, with an alert sent to teachers by text.

Data suggests schools are confiscating thousands of e-cigs from pupils every year – leading, on some occasions, to kids being suspended or expelled.