The Kansas State Board of Education is concerned enough about e-cigarette use among high school and middle school students that it is reviewing the issue.
Vaping at Kansas schools is reaching epidemic proportions, prompting the Kansas State Board of Education to launch a concerted campaign against it.
Franklin County Health Department Director Midge Ransom says, “Our area is not immune.”
In most recent health risk survey of Kansas student, a third said they had tried electronic cigarettes. The State Board voted last week to require schools to warn students of the dangers of the smoking alternative starting next year. The Kansas Education Department will be updating health class standards, which already include lessons to discourage conventional smoking, to address vaping and will create an online hub with information and resources for communities and schools.
