Vape Guardian helps post-primary schools, FE colleges and employers in Northern Ireland detect vaping in toilets and changing rooms, alerting staff in about 5 seconds.
Why Northern Ireland Schools Look at Vape Guardian
The Public Health Agency's 2025 study of over 7,500 pupils in 91 post-primary schools found that 15% currently vape, rising from 4% in Year 8 to 46% in Year 14, and that vaping in school toilets is common and hard to manage (PHA). Here is how our system helps principals respond.
Prevention Alongside Detection
Our vaping education course, developed with LifeLab at the University of Southampton, supports pastoral and Learning for Life and Work lessons.
UK Design and Build
The sensor and its software are developed by our in-house UK team, so you have one supplier for everything.
Responsive Support
Contact our vaping, hardware and software specialists by email, phone or Live Chat.
27 Countries, Hundreds of Schools
Vape Guardian is used in hundreds of UK schools and by customers in 27 countries, and customers have seen vaping incidents cut in half within about two weeks.
Wider Warnings
Each sensor also flags cigarette smoke, overcrowding and loud noises.
Free Updates
Software updates are installed remotely at no extra cost.
Our 100-day money-back guarantee means a school, college or business in Northern Ireland can try vape detection with very little risk.
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Vaping Rules in Northern Ireland
Selling vapes to under-18s, or buying them for a child, has been illegal in Northern Ireland since 1 February 2022 (Department of Health), and single-use vapes have been banned since 1 June 2025 (DAERA). Under the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, the Department of Health can make places vape-free once those provisions are commenced. Because of the Windsor Framework, e-cigarette packaging in Northern Ireland still follows EU Tobacco Products Directive rules (MHRA). The Department of Education's Circular 2014/25 encourages schools to extend smoke-free rules to e-cigarettes.
Trusted in Hundreds of UK Schools
Northern Ireland schools can use a system relied on in hundreds of UK schools to monitor toilets, with no cameras or microphones.
They pick up a single puff of vape and send alerts to staff straight away, they're that accurate.
— KING EDWARDS SCHOOL - SOUTHAMPTON
We have been able to reduce the number of vaping incidents dramatically and created a better atmosphere for all, I would highly recommend these vape alarms in a school setting
— BROCKINGTON COLLEGE
The sensors are proving very successful, they were easy to set up and alerts are being received
— EMANUEL SCHOOL
The sensors have dramatically reduced the number of vaping incidents here at the school.
— CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AND SIXTH
The sensors have helped us significantly reduce the number of students vaping on school premises.
— TRINITY SCHOOL (CROYDON)
VapeGuardian In The Press
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