Texas A&M Agrilife Extension discusses community resources to discourage teens vaping
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – E-cigarettes and vaping have become popular with teens and young adults but there are health risks that come along with using those products.
Mary Jo Prince, a program specialist with Texas A&M Agrilife Extension, joined First News at Four on Tuesday to discuss community resources available to fight back against e-cigarettes and vaping.
“We’re seeing vaping starting earlier and earlier with middle school [students], all the way up into high school and college,” Prince said.
Prince told KBTX a Texas law requires any student caught with a vaping device on school property to be automatically assigned to alternative education to help them learn of the dangers.
Agrilife offers those vaping education courses for students, as well as other programs for schools, parents, or PTO groups.
“We encourage all parents to not assume ‘not my kid,’ because as young people they can be very easily influenced,” added Prince.
