Sunlight hits Pikes Peak as it towers beyond the big west-facing windows of Fountain-Fort Carson High School, south of Colorado Springs.
In a classroom upstairs, a pair of students lead a discussion for a dozen or so of their peers on combating youth nicotine addiction.
Sophomore Gillianne Swarthout starts a slide show presentation, noting that 2024 data showed 1.6 million U.S. students vaped…