In 2025, Parents Against Vaping is thrilled to continue Clear the Vapor Conversations, an exciting year-long series inspired by our successful Clear the Vapor conference! Our 2024 series drew nearly 10,000 registrants and thousands of live attendees.
Like the conference, Clear the Vapor Conversations convenes researchers, public health advocates, and leading experts as they participate in informative discussions held throughout the year. The series addresses a variety of topics including: environmental harms caused by vaping; “creative” vaping cessation ideas; and engaging youth to quit. Each event features a moderated discussion with your questions answered live.
The Pouch Problem: Protecting Kids from a New Nicotine Trend with Dr. Shivani Gaiha:
📅 Tuesday, December 2
🕕 6:00 PM ET | 📍Zoom
FREE!
Register now for an eye-opening conversation about how nicotine pouches—small, discreet, and dangerously addictive—are taking over the market and reshaping the landscape of youth nicotine use. Promoted as “tobacco-free” and “clean,” these products are anything but harmless. They’re being marketed with bright packaging, sweet flavors, and influencer campaigns that mimic e-cigarette marketing playbooks—putting another generation at risk.
Join us TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 for a conversation featuring: Dr. Shivani Mathur Gaiha, Scientist in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital Dr. Gaiha’s research focuses on the social, behavioral, and marketing factors that influence youth nicotine use. She studies how products like nicotine pouches are promoted—and how parents, educators, and policymakers can fight back.This session will explore how nicotine pouches became Big Tobacco’s newest weapon and what parents can do to respond.You’ll learn how to:
Identify how nicotine pouches are marketed and sold to young people
Recognize the health risks and addictive nature of these products
Talk with kids and communities about new nicotine trends
Take practical steps to protect youth and push back against deceptive marketing
Dr. Shivani Mathur Gaiha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School and a Research Scientist in the Adolescent/Young Adult Division at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her work examines the drivers of adolescent tobacco and nicotine use, with a focus on marketing influences. Her current studies focus on how youth are drawn to new oral nicotine products like nicotine pouches and how public health programs and policies can counter their appeal.
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Donate to Parents Against Vaping to receive access to last year’s series, which includes the following specialized webinars:
Vapes Pollute Our Earth: Youth as Advocates, Not Customers with Dr. Jeremiah Mock
Vaping Unplugged: Teen Voices on Risks and Recovery with Kyle Wimmer and Cynthia Stremba
Behind the Cloud: Unmasking Risks of E-cigarettes & Cannabis for Youth w/ Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
Ask the Expert with Best-Selling Author and Parenting Expert Julie Ross
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Parents Against Vaping is a national advocacy and education nonprofit powered by parent volunteers fighting youth tobacco use and the predatory practices of Big Tobacco. We support ending the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes, and all menthol and flavored tobacco products. Parents Against Vaping is an influential force across the country, training our volunteers to advocate at the local, state, and national levels and empowering parents to educate others in their own communities.
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