With vaping rapidly becoming a common practice among students, schools are seeking solutions that help prevent student vaping. Vape detector for schools, which look similar to smoke or carbon monoxide detectors, are gaining popularity among schools that are looking to stop adolescent vaping by monitoring the air for signs of nicotine, CBD or THC vapor in classrooms and restrooms.

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The devices, which are battery powered and heat a liquid to transform it into a vapor that can be inhaled, have become wildly popular with teens who use them to replace or supplement traditional tobacco or marijuana cigarettes. While it is difficult to determine the health risks associated with vaping, it is known that the chemicals used in e-cigarettes can damage lung tissue and even cause respiratory illness.

Most schools place the devices in bathrooms and closets where they are most likely to be used. The sensors, which can also be used in hotel rooms and commercial spaces, monitor the air for a variety of contaminants including vapors from e-cigarettes as well as chemical spills, fire alarms, humidity and sound abnormalities such as shouting.

Schools can also use a vape detector to identify fighting or bullying in bathrooms, lockers and dorm rooms where it may be harder to capture video footage using a regular camera system. By pairing the sensor with smart security cameras, schools can synchronize the two systems, making it simple to investigate sensor alerts and get visual evidence of what was triggered.