VICTORIAN schools will not be following a Canberra high school in allowing students to take cigarette breaks.
Canberra's Stromlo High School has given the green light for year 10 student Tara Lewis, 16, to smoke at school because her doctor says she is addicted to nicotine.
Tara, who smokes a packet a day, says she feels stressed if she cannot smoke between classes.
Her mother was worried she would not finish year 10 if she was not allowed to smoke.
Year 11 and 12 students can smoke at five ACT schools.
A total ban will only be introduced next year.
But a Victorian Government spokeswoman said no secondary schools would be following the ACT's move to allow students to smoke.
"In Victoria, it is illegal for people under 18 to purchase tobacco and it is also illegal for students to smoke on school grounds," the spokeswoman said.
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