Smoking a cigarette in the school lavatory during lunch can risk setting off the smoke alarm, among other consequences. But with vaporizer use becoming more widespread, kids have stopped fiddling with lighters and have taken to carrying vapes — the new-age e-cig — containing nicotine or marijuana.

Minus the soot, embers or smell of cigarettes, vapes are easily stored in pockets or book bags. And they don’t set off traditional smoke alarms. 

Now, companies that make vape detectors are entering mainstream markets, with businesses, governments and schools, including Fall River Public Schools, among their clientele.

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