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. 2020 Aug 8;20:1215. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09319-8

Table 3.

School response and events

Question Response n % North New Jersey Region (n) South New Jersey Region (n)
Have smoke alarms been newly inserted in your school’s bathrooms with the intent of better detecting e-cigarette usage on school property? Yes 7 7 6 0
No 38 36 25 13
Unsure/ I don’t know 59 57 44 14
Have smoke alarms been newly inserted in your gym locker rooms with the intent of better detecting e-cigarette usage on school property?a Yes 2 2 2 0
No 30 30 19 11
Unsure / I don’t know 68 68 51 16
Has your school seen an increase in smoke alarm activations by the thick vapor that emanates from e-cigarettes?b Yes 2 2 2 0
No 59 58 39 18
Unsure / I don’t know 41 40 32 9
To your knowledge have any smoke alarms been tampered with to allow for e-cigarette usage without alarm activation?b Yes 3 3 2 1
No 40 39 28 10
Unsure / I don’t know 59 58 43 16
To your knowledge have any e-cigarette fires or explosions occurred on your school’s property?b Yes 0 0 0 0
No 70 69 47 21
Unsure / I don’t know 32 31 26 6
Do you know of any students in your school who have sustained injuries due to an e-cigarette fire or explosion?b Yes 1 1 0 1
No 65 64 45 18
Unsure / I don’t know 36 35 28 8

aOverall, there were 100/104 participants who responded, with two missing, and two who explained in writing their schools do not have gym locker rooms. Also, at a region level there were 99 participants total because this accounted for the one participant with three listed New Jersey counties and excluded two missing, and two who explained in writing their schools do not have gym locker rooms

bOverall, there were 102/104 participants who responded, with two missing, and at region level there were 100 participants total because this accounted for the one participant with three listed New Jersey counties and excluded one missing data