Children as young as 15 allowed to smoke on lunch break at Australian school

A school in Australia is permitting students as young as 15 to have a smoking break at lunch and other recess periods. Carolyn Blanden, principal at The Warakirri College in Sydney, said she believed that relaxed rules would encourage the children to keep attending school. “At my school you can come with bright blue hair and metal in your face,” Ms Blanden told Australia's Daily Telegraph. “And if you need to have a smoke, that's OK too.”
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