Student Vaping at an All Time High
March 23, 2022
Throughout the year, some of Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School scholars have been caught vaping in school.
Vaping has become a problem all around the country for younger people. As this generation has grown up, they’ve been surrounded with technology and social media, which has affected and influenced them. It could give young people resources they need to get e-cigarettes or other drugs. “Social media is not in our jurisdiction so parents and police get involved,” says Mrs. Ortiz, the Dean of Students. Usually, the administration can do something about behavior issues, but when it comes to social media activity that isn’t directly connected to something that happens in school, they can’t.
In school, students have been caught passing around vape pens in the bathrooms, classes and in the hallways. Mrs. Jenkins explained that, to stop students from using e-cigarettes in the bathroom, they will be installing detectors. With teacher shortages there have been substitutes almost every day. Subs fill an important need, but they usually don’t know students as well, making it harder for them to notice when students might be vaping.
According to a National Youth Tobacco Survey from 2019, 4.7% of middle school students have tried e-cigarettes. In addition, many companies selling e-cigarettes use marketing tactics aimed at young people, through advertisements and special flavors as well.
If a student is caught vaping in school they can get suspended for five days. Furthermore, if a student is selling e-cigarettes to others, whether on Instagram or in real life, that’s where parents and police can get involved. Another consequence could be community service for students that are caught.
If you need help quitting text “DITCHVAPE” to 88709
Jennifer Rosas • Apr 12, 2022 at 1:26 pm
My thoughts about this are that vaping for young students and young people has to stop because this getting out of hand. This has to stop if this does not stop quickly it will even get worse for young people and young students. Young students should understand that this is very bad to start like vaping is bad to start with. And we all know it will end badly for some people will even have vaping issues and some people will get cancer of that as well their parents might have done something to their kids to make them vape a lot and we all know that people could get cancer by smoking and vaping. A lot of young people might have cancer at this time or even in the past and even deal with it still and their parents are even worried about their child because they have been caught vaping or even smoking, These young people and students need a lot of help as well their health. Health is very important for them I know it’s hard to be a child or a young student like 14 and up. But I never smoked in my life and if I did I will never try it again this is my advice for the people who are smoking or vaping in their house, school, or even anywhere.
abigail • Apr 11, 2022 at 1:43 pm
people will vape and they think they are doing it for a good cause but they are not they think it is cool to vape and they are nothing too worried but they don’t know how bad vaping is
Tayde G • Apr 11, 2022 at 1:42 pm
In my opinion, this article is very interesting because it talks about how people are influenced to start vaping, it also shows the percentage of the people that are in middle school who vape.
Kimberly • Apr 11, 2022 at 1:35 pm
In my opinion, I think vaping is bad for kids and it’s bad for your lungs.
Edwin.Ramirez • Apr 11, 2022 at 1:32 pm
What I found interesting about this article is that I didn’t know that people our age smoked and get caught.
Manuel • Apr 11, 2022 at 1:26 pm
I don’t think people should sell vapes to kids
Miguel covarrubias • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:40 pm
In my opinion, I think some students vape because they are in a bad place emotionally, like at home or school.
ashley cortes • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:34 pm
This is a well-written article, but I would include more details about how vaping effect your health for example vaping can cause you to have depression or anxiety. Or your heart can turn black and you can lose your life to that.
Ruben Tostado • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:29 pm
In my opinion, I think this is a very helpful article and even says DITCHVAPE to 88709 so it can also help people that are addicted to stop vaping and also hurting their lungs, and plus you’re like in 7th or 8th grade.
Eric Ramirez • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:27 pm
IN my opinion, I think that vapes should’ve not existed or been sold to the younger audiences because they can be a problem to the lungs.
Yahir Cervantes • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:27 pm
I personally think this article is very accurate about the common problem in our school. Though this article has been shown to other students, it’s possible that they will continue doing these behaviors and posting on social media showing off their vapes.
Sebastian Guerrero • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:27 pm
In my opinion, the article is very well written and very informative; students shouldn’t be allowed to vape.
Jasmine Garcia • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:26 pm
In my opinion, I think this article has very good information. This article can help others quit vaping, and stop vaping in the school’s bathroom. In addition, vapes can harm many students at this age because of how young they are.
Michelle farias • Apr 11, 2022 at 12:23 pm
In my opinion, I think this article is very helpful when it comes to vaping. It can sound cool vaping but in reality, it can damage your lungs in many different ways.
Brayan • Apr 11, 2022 at 10:39 am
In my opinion, this article is very informative about vaping and how the school is trying to stop vaping, and the consequences of vaping.
oscar amezola ochoa • Apr 11, 2022 at 10:39 am
What I found interesting about this article was the student is selling e-cigarettes to others, whether on Instagram or in real life, and has been caught passing them around in bathrooms and classes.
Brayan • Apr 11, 2022 at 10:29 am
in my opinion, this article is pretty informative about vaping and how the school is trying to stop vaping, and the consequences of vaping.
daniel zarate • Apr 11, 2022 at 10:26 am
What I found interesting about this article was that vaping is bad for young kids like us.
Miguel vasquez • Apr 11, 2022 at 10:23 am
I think this article was good because it helps students realize that vaping can get you in really big trouble and the police can get involved.
Gabriel Lopez • Mar 24, 2022 at 1:44 pm
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Manuel • Apr 11, 2022 at 1:26 pm
ONG
Israel • Mar 24, 2022 at 1:39 pm
In my opinion, this article is very informative about vaping
Bereni Hernandez • Mar 24, 2022 at 1:20 pm
In my opinion, I think that this article has very important information and it explains how they are thinking in solving the problem in school and what happens if someone gets caught.
david • Apr 11, 2022 at 10:23 am
In my opinion, I think that vaping is bad for kids.
gabriel escoto • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:24 pm
in my opinion, I think this article is a very good informational article talking about how bad vaping is, and the side effects of vaping
James • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:37 pm
I feel the same way because people will vape and they think they are doing it for a good cause but they are not and they think it cool to vape and they are nothing too worried but they don’t know how bad vaping is
Israel Orea Santana Alexander • Mar 24, 2022 at 1:36 pm
i feel the same way because this articles shows us what vaping can do to young students
apolonio hernandez • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:18 pm
I feel the same way because many students vape and don’t even know the effects and causes of vaping and for me personally I think it is a good thing that the teachers and principal try to get the students to stop vaping it shows that they care.
Arturo Rizo-Perez • Mar 24, 2022 at 1:27 pm
I agree with you because vaping is really bad. It slowly kills you over time, so it is a good thing when the teachers and principal take away students’ vapes as they don’t want those students to ruin their lives and become addicted.
Ashly Sandino • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:17 pm
In my opinion, I’ll say vaping is bad because then it can affect your lungs and let you cause breathing/coughing problems.
Rubi Galindo • Mar 24, 2022 at 1:20 pm
I agree with Ashly I think that it is really bad for your health and your lungs.
Salem Diaz • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:16 pm
I think that this article is very informative about vaping at an early age, the consequences of being caught vaping, and a brief explanation of what causes vaping at an early age.
Hector cruz • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:10 pm
why do students like to vape a lot vaping is bad for their lungs.
Melanie A • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:38 pm
Most students vape a lot because they get addicted over a short period of time since they are young and their brain isn’t fully developed.
gian nunez • Mar 24, 2022 at 9:36 am
vaping is kinda dumb its flavored air and it’s like 20 a week just on the stuff that kills you I don’t really get the point of it and if the police ever got involved and I had one I would have thrown mine away the purpose of vapes are to get rid of the addiction of cigarettes and now people are addicted to this. i know somebody that used to smoke but now they use vapes and it helps *they are an adult*
Dennis Arevalo • Mar 24, 2022 at 9:55 am
I don’t understand it is bad or good.
Leonardo F • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:25 pm
I agree with you because vaping does nothing but kill you it’s not good for you at all and there’s no point in doing it. All though you can’t blame some people because they are already addicted to it so it’s hard for them to stop. Overall kids shouldn’t do it because it’s very addicting, for adults it’s their choice because they have more than enough common sense to know when they should try to stop.
melvin • Mar 24, 2022 at 9:32 am
I agree with people to stop vaping because it is bad for your lungs and your body and younger people get addicted to it fast
Handerson Escalante • Mar 24, 2022 at 9:29 am
I think that it’s a good article because people may be doing it and kids like me have to be aware of this problem and wonder when it’s going to End?
Ashly Sandino • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:25 pm
I feel the same way because kids will understand that vaping can make your lungs bad.
denise a • Mar 24, 2022 at 8:56 am
this is a good article to look at because when it comes to vaping, it could do so much effect on your body, and this article explains the bad sides of vaping.
Handerson Escalante • Mar 24, 2022 at 9:31 am
I agree, with this and agree with Denise because the people can be aware of this issue and sights of it.
melvin • Mar 24, 2022 at 9:34 am
I agree because it tells you the side affects that vaping can do to your body
Karyme torres • Mar 24, 2022 at 9:43 am
I agree vaping is bad for you and for your body because it kill’s you slowly.
camila z • Mar 24, 2022 at 8:32 am
I think this is a good article because the Information It’s more than enough because explains the consequences someone can have if they caught you vaping.
Melany Beltran-Mayen • Mar 24, 2022 at 8:55 am
I agree with Camila. I also like how the article shows the things that students have been caught doing, and It requires all the information you need to know!
nerely hernandez • Mar 24, 2022 at 8:23 am
I really liked this article it has so many information that I really didnt know and now I know
Ashly Sandino • Mar 24, 2022 at 12:27 pm
Before I can answer, I need to know how did the students get the vape from?