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To think that 13/14 year olds don't need to stand outside school having a cigarette at 8am in the morning?

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Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 09:42

I happened to drop DS2 at Primary this morning. He usually cycles to school. They must have chosen to smoke there instead of outside their own school.
It just made me

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mummytime · 09/10/2012 13:50

The most busy club at my DCs club is the "Quit smoking" one apparently, and that is the school with much less of a problem. Teenagers tend to use a lot of deodorant, which could cover some of the smell. But also smokers tend to have no idea how much they stink.

Sparklingbrook · 09/10/2012 13:10

hoodoo. They have introduced 'nun skirts' at the school. Or that's what the girls call them.

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hoodoo12345 · 09/10/2012 12:28

I suppose it is left to the judgement of the teachers, i did smile when i read it.
You should see the rules posted concerning width and design of school trousers!

YerMaw1989 · 08/10/2012 13:46

Ah good,
I do see some posters on here who seem to have a bad vibe about kid smokers. Adolescence is arguably harder now then it was in the past I can totally understand why so many take it up just to get through the day.

I fell pregnant so I quit on the spot when I found out.

Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 13:39

I am sure they aren't Yer and I wasn't insinuating they were, I just feel abit that they have decided to take it up at all.

What made you give up?

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YerMaw1989 · 08/10/2012 13:19

No but I was smoking from 12-19 its was very rife at my school too, kids who smoke are not bad kids.

Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 12:13

Yer. Are you still a smoker?

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Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 12:13

Right MaryZed. I think i have lived a sheltered life. I have never ever been offered drugs.

Worra that's horrible. Sending DC to school in clothes that smell of smoke.

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YerMaw1989 · 08/10/2012 12:12

If they are smokers then yes I would
walk up to school with a fag, was the most relaxing part of my day.

MaryZed · 08/10/2012 12:10

Here if they are cigarettes with a filter they are cigarettes.

If they are rolies, they are generally more.

Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 12:09

Oh no MaryZed, I assumed they were cigarettes.

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WorraLiberty · 08/10/2012 12:08

Sparkling if the child comes from a smoking home, it's quite likely their clothes will smell of smoke.

MaryZed · 08/10/2012 12:07

Here they have a joint

fatlazymummy · 08/10/2012 12:03

It doesn't matter how much cigarettes cost in shops, or how stringent ID checks are. Many of the teenagers will be buying them illegally [from dealers] or stealing them from adults.
As far as I can gather from my 15 year old son teenagers smoking does seem to have dropped off a little bit. It was probably 5o/50 in my day [the 70's], at his school at least it's a lot lot lower.
I haven't been asked to buy fags for teenagers for a few years now . Personally I believe smoking rates will continue to fall over all age groups.

Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 11:45

I would imagine wafting into school stinking like an ashtray would give a clue they are smoking. i think the school should at least ring the parents if they suspect there is under age smoking going on.

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WorraLiberty · 08/10/2012 11:35

Why ridiculous?

Well firstly who gets to decide whether someone's breath smells of smoke? That's far too subjective and invasive if the child has to breathe in the teacher's face to prove they haven't been smoking.

Secondly, are they allowed to buy their way out of other detentions too?

Forget your PE kit? Never mind, you can either do an hour after school tomorrow or stump up a fiver.

It's bonkers Lol

McHappyPants2012 · 08/10/2012 11:34

I am not in favour of school children smoking, but fining a child £5 for an addiction is a stupid idea.

kakapo · 08/10/2012 11:30

As a parent you wouldn't have to pay though, McHappy. Why would you complain about the school taking a no tolerance approach to smoking?

SammyTheSwedishSquirrel · 08/10/2012 11:30

McHappyPants, mine would. But we're talking private school 30 years ago. (Although as far as I'm aware it's still one of the school rules.)

Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 11:30

So are you all in favour of schoolchildren smoking McHappy?

Perhaps threat of expulsion may deter smokers.

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MsVestibule · 08/10/2012 11:29

But surely chewing gum/breath freshener would get rid of the smell? How do they monitor it - line them up and ask the pupils to breathe on them?

McHappyPants2012 · 08/10/2012 11:27

hoodoo the school can not enforce that and as a parent I would not pay and get the LEA involved.

Sammy the school can not just expel a child for smoking

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SammyTheSwedishSquirrel · 08/10/2012 11:26

I thought it was a good idea too.

Sparklingbrook · 08/10/2012 11:22

Why ridiculous Worra? I think it's a good idea.

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WorraLiberty · 08/10/2012 11:20

Fair point MsV It took me quite a while and I did used to think it was cool at first

hoodoo that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

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