The Bethlehem Area School District hopes to mitigate the vaping epidemic among adolescents by pursuing a $377,604 state grant to fund the installation of vape detectors in middle schools.
During the Bethlehem Area School Board’s Curriculum Committee meeting on Sept. 9, members discussed the grant application process. The funding, provided by the Pennsylvania School Safety and Security Committee, aims to reduce the number of students vaping at school.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among middle and high school students in the U.S. in 2024, with 3.5% of middle school students, and 7.8% of high school students reported using vaping devices…