LIVONIA, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The city of Livonia is considering changing its ordinance so it can ban vaping of nicotine products in school buildings.
The City Council reviewed changes to the ordinance this week at its meeting that would implement the ban.
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The use of vaping products by high school students has become a major political issue.
In her State of the State address this year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed vaping and said she wants to start taxing vape products like cigarettes. She said that 14% of high school students use vaping products.
Rudy Patros, president of the company Securatech that was awarded the contract to install vape detectors in three Dearborn Public School high schools, told Michigan News Source in December that more than half of the state’s public schools have implemented vape detectors.
“It’s very rare a school district does not have vape detectors in their high schools,” Patros said in a phone conversation with Michigan News Source. “It is becoming more common to implement them in their middle schools, also. … It’s a big issue.”