The issue of vaping in schools will have $5 million in government funding thrown at it through educational program _Blurred Minds Academy_.
All Queensland secondary schools will gain access to the innovative alcohol and drug education program that was developed by Griffith University.
Smoking, including vaping, is already banned at all Queensland schools and within five metres of their boundaries.
New legislation to strengthen tobacco laws and increase smoke-free places, will now include school car parks in the ban.
Education Minister Grace Grace said the problem of vaping in schools was taken “very seriously”.
“This is why, since last year, my department has been working with the University of Queensland’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research to review our Alcohol and Other Drugs program to strengthen the focus on smoking and vaping.”
