Associate Professor Timo Dietrich, from Griffith University, told EducationHQ that suspending students who are caught vaping should be a measure ...
Suspensions for students addicted to vapes should be last resort: expert
Vaping-related suspensions are reportedly on the increase across the country, but banishing nicotine-addicted children from school only intensifies the problem, an expert in behaviour change has warned.
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In Queensland, government data shows drug-related suspensions have more than doubled at public schools in the past five years.
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