Utah schools will be able to ban and confiscate e-cigarettes, vaping devices under new rule

After hearing increasing concerns from teachers and principals, the Utah Board of Education passed an emergency measure Thursday allowing schools to ban electronic cigarettes and vaping devices — and to create rules to confiscate, destroy or turn them over to law enforcement when students do bring them to campus.“This gives school districts a simple direction and a simple solution that they now have control over,” board Chairman Mark Huntsman said.The new policies, which had un