- May 19, 2024
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At least one Volusia County Schools student is sent to the hospital every week in relation to vaping.
Volusia County School Board member Carl Persis shared this statistic during a tobacco free awareness pep rally at Hinson Middle School on Monday, April 1. The Healthy Bodies Campaign event was made possible thanks to a grant awarded to the school's PTSA by the National PTA. The pep rally, emceed by with radio station 94.1 DJ Jay Love, featured a scrimmage basketball game between the Hinson boys and girls basketball teams, who were joined by Bethune-Cookman University girls basketball players.
Persis, who is involved with Students Working Against Tobacco, asked the students in attendance to take the dangers of e-cigarette use seriously.
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