![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/boy-13-found-unconscious-after-vaping-in-school-toilets/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/close-teenagers-mobile-phone-vaping-807059649.jpg&description=E-CIG SCARE Published : 10:45, 3 Aug 2023 A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was reportedly found unconscious after vaping in the toilets at school. The teen was rushed to hospital at about 8.45am on August 3. 2 A pupil at Bannockburn P12 College in Victoria, Australia, was taken to hospital Credit: Google / Bannockburn P-12 College 2 He had been vaping in the school toilets, it is claimed Credit: Getty A Department of Education spokesperson said: "A student was taken by ambulance to hospital after a minor medical incident this morning." He is now in a stable condition, local media reports. No further details have been shared about the child, who is a pupil at Bannockburn P12 College in Victoria, Australia, and was treated at Geelong Hospital. Parents later told 9News that e-cigarettes were a real issue at the school. Mum Bianca Eastdown said: "Little kids can pick them up, it's really scary. "It's just as scary as smoking. Really kids shouldn't be doing it - and to have it happen in a school is terrifying." Vaping has been shown to be significantly less dangerous than smoking in the short-term and the NHS recommends using the devices to quit tobacco . But concerns have been raised about rising use in teenagers who have never smoked. Earlier this year, Mark Butler, Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care, said: "Just like they did with smoking, Big Tobacco has taken another addictive product, wrapped it in shiny packaging and added flavours to create a new generation of nicotine addicts. "This is a product targeted at our kids, sold alongside lollies and chocolate bars. "Vaping has now become the number one behavioural issue in high schools and it is becoming widespread in primary schools as well. "Over the past 12 months, Victoria's poisons hotline has taken 50 calls about children under the age of four ingesting vapes. "Vapes contain more than 200 chemicals that do not belong in the lungs. "Some of the same chemicals you will find in nail polish remover and weed killer." Nico){kind=link}
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was reportedly found unconscious after vaping in the toilets at school.
The teen was rushed to hospital at about 8.45am on August 3.
A Department of Education spokesperson said: “A student was taken by ambulance to hospital after a minor medical incident this morning.”
He is now in a stable condition, local media reports.
No further details have been shared about the child, who is a pupil at Bannockburn P12 College in Victoria, Australia, and was treated at Geelong Hospital.