Per this report from the FDA, vaping/e-cig use among high school students is over 20% nation-wide. From talking to some students collecting anecdotal data, this number seems like it might be low, and that the % use is higher then this, possibly much higher.
I’m curious to find out from anyone else if you have heard estimates about % use at the school your team is associated with, and also what efforts your school has made to decrease use.
I know this is not robot related, but seeing as everyone here generally interacts with or is a high school student, it is likely a relevant issue with most or all teams out there.
EDIT: Also maybe include if you are a student, mentor, teacher, parent, or something else to help give context to your response.
EDIT: Added a poll, but commenting with what your perspective is like I said above and any other useful information would still be good.
I can’t give you actual data, but I can guess. Last year (2018-2019) vaping use was much higher because it was new and popular, and it mostly died out this year (at least in our district). So, last year I would guess around 30-40% of students owned or used a vape, and this year it’s probably closer to 20%. It could just be that I don’t see it anymore because it doesn’t happen at school anymore.
It’s against district rules to have a vape at school, and they get taken away if found. There are anti-vaping posters all over our schools as well. I think a lot of kids at least want to stop now that they’ve seen the news about how bad vapes are. I’m sure very few people will start vaping now that haven’t already.
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As for vaping, ive heard from my brother that the middle school has a big vaping problem, with more than a few students getting suspended for vaping in bathrooms. HS if students vape they probably do it off campus, but the amount is still pretty high.
Don’t have actual statistics, but based on what I know and have heard, id estimate that at least 75% of my entire school vapes. We have about 1,500 students, iirc.
If you have Netflix, check out the documentary series ‘Broken’. Episode 2 is titled ‘Big Vape’ and discusses the vaping situation in our country. As a bit of a spoiler, the unstated goal of the documentary is to paint JUUL in a bad light and equate them with big tobacco (hence the title). But, the documentary has a lot of interviews with high school students and administrators talking about how prevalent vaping is in our schools. Based on what I heard the students saying, my guess is that the reported usage rates under estimate that actual usage rates out there by a large margin.
I’m not sure, But I’d estimate our school as having a high percentage, probably 60 or more percent vape.
I know fire alarms have been set off by vaping, and half the bathrooms are never open because there’s so much vaping in them.
I know I’ve seen vape pens around campus.
As far as I know, no one (student or mentor) on my team smokes or vapes. I don’t doubt that there is a problem, though. Recently, I went to my old high school for an event and they put posters on the bathroom doors asking students not to vape in there. I’m not going to pretend that it wasn’t an issue while I was a student, since high school culture has been like this since at least the 50s, but this is getting to be bad.
I don’t have any definitive proof, but I wonder if this is being spurred on by vaping culture prevalent on the internet and even satire of vaping culture going along with “ironic” meme culture where if something looks uncool, it’s funny. (even if everyone’s doing it)
Anyway, 21 year old boomer rant over. Go back to your Small RAID Y music or whatever.
