Kids use Nicorette spray for a Thrill

[Mossy]

Schools Improvement Net - 20 pupils sent home from school with ‘toxic overdose’ after using nicotine spray

BP has a lot to answer about there "safe"NRT. This article was in the vapours.org.uk newsletter this morning.

 

[vapero]

lets ban them!!!!

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Some will abuse anything. There is no way to stop it.
Politicians seem to want to punish everyone for the actions of the minority. They are too lazy to prosecute the guilty so they just deny freedoms to the responsible ones as well.

 

[Nermal]

I wonder why they were sent home if the school seriously believed its self about toxic overdose. I would have thought medical treatment would have been more appropriate.

 

[caramel]

Kids are kids. They would had inhaled a fire extinguisher as well - if that would had fancied their sense of having fun.

 

[renacer]

Was it flavored? I bet it tasted like pina coloda, they make pina coloda NRT to appeal to children you know. And patches with Spongebob characters on them!

 

[renacer]

Also potentially unrelated but disturbing. On that link, there was this poll:

Should heads report to the authorities parents who allow children to play adult-rated video games?

60% of respondents answered yes. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD? Why do people have such a fetish for a jackboot pressed to their neck?

 

[Woofer]

WHat is a toxic overdose, is that worse than a regular old overdose.

 

[stevegmu]

Schools Improvement Net - 20 pupils sent home from school with ‘toxic overdose’ after using nicotine spray

BP has a lot to answer about there "safe"NRT. This article was in the vapours.org.uk newsletter this morning.

The NHS prescribed it. I don't see how BP can be blamed when products are not used as intended. That's like saying they are to blame for kids snorting Ritalin...

 

[Jman8]

From the article:

Mr Aston also defended the school’s decision to signpost children to the NHS’s Time to Quit, where the pupil was prescribed the Nicorette spray…

So apparently, giving nicotine to kids is defensible.

And the oh so interesting links at the bottom of this story:

Related schools news...

• Children as young as 12 given nicotine patches at school to help them quit smoking
• Secondary schools ban e-cigarettes
• Ban e-cigarettes from school premises, heads say
• School allows pupils as young as 11 to smoke in the playground during break times

 

[stevegmu]

Europe is a bit different...

 

[Bunnykiller]

Ill bet the kids wont use the spray again..... being nic sic is worse than having a really bad case of flu.... nothing like physical discomfort to learn a lesson in life..

 

[redddog]

Europe is totally different.

I was in Rome a couple of years ago and the grade school teachers were lighting the students cigarretes out on the play ground.

EVERYONE smokes over there.

 

[redddog]

Of course I'm kidding but the sight of a child smoking a cigarette over there does not rile even the most anti-smoker.

 

[caramel]

I've heard they also force feed a glass of cognac and stick a lit cigar into newborns mouths even before cutting their umbilical cords. Welcome to the world!!!! In style!!!