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Vape use in school by Kentucky students has been an increasing concern, as multiple school districts including Fayette County have sued Juul and reached a settlement with the e-cigarette company.
After three students at Lynn Camp Middle/High School had adverse symptoms on Feb. 15, Knox County Sheriff Mike Smith said in a news release that the vape pens they used were believed to have ...
High school students at Leon County Schools may want to think twice about vaping in the restrooms. The school district won $250,000 in its class action lawsuit settlement against Juul Laboratory ...
Though the city-wide smoking ban remains intact, the vaping ban itself was lifted in 2016 due to a state law which was passed then, prohibiting e-cigarettes and vape products from being regulated in the same way as tobacco. In 2019 the city-wide vaping ban was reinstated, via a separate ordinance, by a unanimous vote from the City Council. [19 ...
Numerous surveys have indicated that implementing tobacco-free policies reduces students exposure to secondhand smoke on campuses. However, in Fall of 2006 an online survey of 4,160 students from 10 different colleges found that most second hand smoke was experienced by students in restaurants/bars (65%), at home (55%) and in a car (38%), suggesting that on campus bans may be less effective.
House Bill 142 also would require vape retailers to be licensed by the state, a license they could lose for violations. KY House bill would toughen penalties for selling vape, tobacco products to kids
On 29 October 2019, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest district in the nation filed a class action suit against Juul for creating an epidemic of youth vaping that it alleged to impede student learning and endanger the health and safety of its students. [85]
A 2011 study of nearly 1 million Texas students found that nearly 60% of students were suspended or expelled at least once between grades 7 and 12." [2] In 2012, Texas changed the law such that students could no longer be charged with "disrupting class" and no student younger than 12 years could be charged with a "low-level misdemeanor at ...