CATCH collaborated with researchers at Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health to create CATCH My Breath™, a prevention program specific to middle and high schoolers’ use of E-cigarettes.
Read MoreCampaign for Tobacco Free Kids is the leading advocacy organization working to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences in the United States and around the world. Through strategic communications and policy advocacy campaigns, we promote the adoption of proven solutions that are most effective at reducing tobacco use and save the most lives.
Read MoreTobacco companies hook our kids with enticing flavors like gummy bear, cotton candy, mango and “smooth menthol.” Los Angeles leaders can protect our kids by ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products – including flavored e-cigarettes, cigars and menthol cigarettes.
Read MoreE-cigarettes are sometimes called “e-cigs,” “vapes,” “e-hookahs,” “vape pens,” and “electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).” Some e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some look like USB flash drives, pens, and other everyday items.
Read MoreE-cigarettes are devices that heat a liquid into an aerosol that the user inhales. The liquid usually has nicotine and flavoring in it, and other additives. The nicotine in e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes is addictive. E-cigarettes are considered tobacco products because most of them contain nicotine, which comes from tobacco.
Read MoreTobacco 21 is a national campaign aimed at raising the minimum legal age for tobacco and nicotine sales in the United States to 21. The Tobacco 21 campaign is produced and funded by the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, a public health nonprofit organization established in 1996.
Read MoreBetter health education for youth means healthier communities. PEP physicians engage students in unique school-based programs focused on stemming preventable illness and injury.
Read MoreVaping: Dangerous, Available & Addicting. The American Academy of Pediatrics joins the CDC to remind parents that e-cigarette use is never safe for youth, young adults, or pregnant and/or breastfeeding women.
Read More"The Real Cost" gives you what you need to know – real facts, so you can make your own decision.
Read MoreNY.gov: Vaping is a public health crisis, claiming too many lives and making countless others sick in a short period of time. What's worse is that young people are increasingly vaping at alarming rates.
Read MoreEvery year, we learn more about how devastating tobacco can be to the human body and how damaging secondhand smoke is to those around it. In fact, 28,600 adults in Florida die from smoking (443,000 deaths a year nationwide) every year. For every person who dies, another 20 suffer from one or more serious illnesses from smoking.
Read MoreThe Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS) tracks indicators of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke among Florida public middle and high school students and provides data for monitoring and evaluating tobacco use among youth for the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Tobacco Prevention and Control.
Read MoreThis program coordinates and assists state and local efforts to prevent people from starting to use tobacco, help current tobacco users quit, and reduce nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand and thirdhand smoke.
Read MoreThe California Tobacco Control Branch leads statewide and local health programs, services and activities that promote an environment truly-free of tobacco.
Read MoreTobacco companies hook our kids with enticing flavors like gummy bear, cotton candy, mango and “smooth menthol.” Maryland legislators can protect our kids by ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products – including flavored e-cigarettes, cigars and menthol cigarettes.
Read MoreMany youth are now using and becoming addicted to electronic vape products, which often contain nicotine and other chemicals that harm the developing adolescent brain. These chemicals are linked to other adverse health conditions, including serious lung injuries.
Read MoreYour choice to use tobacco may prevent you from doing the things you want to do in the future. The sooner you quit, the better off you will be.
Read MoreAt My Life, My Quit we share the truth about nicotine, vaping and other tobacco products. If you decide you want to quit, we're here to help you do it successfully. It's YOUR LIFE and we're here to help you live it YOUR WAY.
Read MoreTruth Initiative's "Ex Program" is a digital teen and adult quitting program. You get free, 24/7 support through daily text messages full of tips and advice, a resource library with expert guidance, and access to an active community of quitters.
Read MoreE-cigarettes are hooking a new generation on nicotine—putting millions of kids at risk and threatening progress in reducing youth tobacco use. It’s a nationwide epidemic fueled by thousands of kid friendly flavors. And it’s getting worse.
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