Student vaping causes others worry

By Che'Niyah S.

Despite new signage warning against multiple people packing into stalls, AHS Students continue to be tardy to class and have lots of d-notes due to certain kids’ usage of vapes and “carts” in the bathrooms. Students are currently reporting seeing people vape more and more, everyday in school. Students are vaping constantly. They're doing it in the restrooms, outside of school doors, and even in their classrooms.

AHS has lots of nicotine users and weed users in their school, and non-vaping students are very tired of their behavior. They are tired of them using up all the stalls in the bathroom to vape while other students really have  to use the bathroom.

Most students say who vape say they do so because it helps with stress.   Other reasons are because it’s trendy, they due it do to boredom or to fit in, and because it's addictive. Student vaping is very unhealthy and it is causing them harm to their bodies and lungs. Since the students are addicted they don't see the harm that is going on. Their unhealthy behavior is visible to most of the students and staff. 

One student said, “I've seen so many females all in one stall vaping and smoking. I am really getting annoyed by them because it's not healthy and because they don't know the consequences.”

Some AHS students use their sleeves to hide their vapes to smoke while the teacher isn't looking and blow the smoke into their shirts or bookbags. They also charge their vapes with their chromebook chargers while other students need it for their chromebook.

One student says, “I have got into lots of trouble because I was in the bathroom while others were vaping and blamed me.”

Another student says, “ If I get caught in the bathroom by a hall monitor or an administrator while other students are vaping I'll also get in trouble because of them.”

Some students think that vaping has  been very bad and harmful so they don't Vape because of the consequences. More students think that vaping is very harmless and they don't really care about the consequences and troubles that they are getting their bodies and self into. They might be telling themselves that they will worry about it later.

According to https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/5-truths-you-need-to-know-about-vapin, vaping causes shortness of breath, coughs and illness ,anxiety and depression, sleep disorder and causes exposure to cancer causing chemicals into your lungs.

If you want to find more information on bad things and more about vaping visit https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21162-vaping.