The Royal High School in the capital has invested around £1000 on the devices, which are wired into the three main toilets.
A high school in Edinburgh has become one of the first in Scotland to install “screaming” vape detectors in a bid to clamp down on underage teen vaping.
Latest data suggests schools are confiscating thousands of e-cigs from pupils every year - leading on some occasions to kids being suspended or even expelled. She said the screaming vape detectors were already working as a deterrent with “almost no activations” in the toilets since they were switched on.
He told BBC Scotland: "It's a constant battle. We move them on and they find somewhere else, but we are committed to this to try and break a pretty negative cycle.Data obtained by the broadcaster from ten of Scotland’s 32 councils found at least 770 vapes had been confiscated in schools across the country over the last five years.A total of 16 pupils were either suspended or expelled.
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