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Fury as teacher lights up in classroom 

The teacher's unorthodox anti-smoking methods did not go down well with parents
Jump to full article: Kent Online (uk), 2008-04-23
Author: Alex Claridge

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A teacher has provoked fury after lighting a cigarette in the classroom and offering pupils a puff.

At least two pupils smoked the cigarette given to them by Jim McIntee during a lesson aimed at deterring them from smoking at the Canterbury Rudolf Steiner School.

The incident has prompted families to remove their children from the fee-paying independent school at Perry Court, Chartham.

Among them is Tracy Carver, whose 12-year-old son was offered the cigarette.

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