FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KOAA) — Teen vaping is an issue schools everywhere are trying to solve, but in Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 (D8), the effort isn't being led by teachers or administrators. It's being led by the students themselves.

What started small as just a group of students looking for another extracurricular has grown into something much bigger, a movement that's giving young people a voice and a purpose.

They call themselves the Youth Advisory Council (YAC). The group of 40 middle and high school students decided that if vaping is a problem in their schools, they should be part of the solution.

"Originally I signed up just because it seemed like another thing to put on an application but as I progressed, I realized it was something I really wanted to do," said Charlotte

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