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A West Yorkshire school has been heavily criticised after complaints were made that it had handed out cigarettes to pupils at break time in an effort to curb truancies.
Elmete Central School in Roundhay, Leeds, was slammed by health campaigners for its "back-to-bikesheds" policy, in which children were allowed to smoke on the grounds.
According to the Times, the school - which has 75 pupils with behavioural difficulties - believed that, as children were leaving the grounds to smoke and often not returning, confiscating the cigarettes at the start of the day and then rationing them to the pupils in the grounds would be a preferable option.
Local authorities and charities didn’t agree, however, and the practice has now been put to an end.
Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the anti-smoking group ASH, said: “This is wrong in so many ways. It’s illegal to sell tobacco to under-18s because it is so hazardous to health. It is totally inappropriate and unethical.”
http://news.uk.msn.com/trending-blog/school-told-to-stop-handing-out-cigarettes-to-pupils
A West Yorkshire school has been heavily criticised after complaints were made that it had handed out cigarettes to pupils at break time in an effort to curb truancies.
Elmete Central School in Roundhay, Leeds, was slammed by health campaigners for its "back-to-bikesheds" policy, in which children were allowed to smoke on the grounds.
According to the Times, the school - which has 75 pupils with behavioural difficulties - believed that, as children were leaving the grounds to smoke and often not returning, confiscating the cigarettes at the start of the day and then rationing them to the pupils in the grounds would be a preferable option.
Local authorities and charities didn’t agree, however, and the practice has now been put to an end.
Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the anti-smoking group ASH, said: “This is wrong in so many ways. It’s illegal to sell tobacco to under-18s because it is so hazardous to health. It is totally inappropriate and unethical.”
http://news.uk.msn.com/trending-blog/school-told-to-stop-handing-out-cigarettes-to-pupils