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Truth 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.
Tragically, about 95% of today's tobacco users started using before the age of 21. E-cigarettes have escalated this problem, with over 5,700 kids starting to vape every day, according to the CDC. Not On Tobacco® (N-O-T) seeks to address this growing problem by giving all teens the resources they need to break nicotine dependency and find healthier outlets.
This publication provides sample language and ideas for evidence based solutions and information as to why these alternative measures may be more effective than suspension and expulsion at addressing student tobacco use and nicotine addiction as part of a school’s Commercial Tobacco-Free Policy.
To promote an environment free of commercial tobacco in primary and secondary schools, the Public Health Law Center has prepared a comprehensive model policy that school districts and schools may adopt.
School district approaches to tobacco are typically codified through district-wide policies, student codes of conduct, administrative rules and state regulations or laws. This document contains comprehensive language to support districts in creating and sustaining 100% tobacco-free school environments.
Explore American Lung Association’s Tobacco-free policies.
Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health (INDEPTH) is a new, convenient alternative to suspension or citation that helps schools and communities address the teen vaping problem in a more supportive way. Instead of solely focusing on punitive measures, INDEPTH is an interactive program that teaches students about nicotine dependence, establishing healthy alternatives and how to kick the unhealthy addiction that got them in trouble in the first place.
Their free digital courses offer modern approaches to guide teachers and educate youth about the dangers associated with e-cigarette use and with misusing prescription medications, including counterfeit drugs containing fentanyl. Through real-world scenarios delivered in truth’s authentic peer-to-peer youth voice, students are empowered to make healthy and informed choices and help others do the same.
The Tobacco Prevention Toolkit (TPT) is a research-informed and validated set of curriculums to help prevent students from starting or escalating use of any tobacco product. The goal is to: Understand basic information about tobacco products, including e-cigarettes/vape pens, and the harm they cause, gain awareness of strategies manufacturers of tobacco, including e-cigarettes/vape pens, employ to increase use among adolescents through deceptive and creative marketing strategies, and gain skills to refuse experimentation and use of tobacco.
CATCH My Breath’s peer-led teaching approach empowers students with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about e-cigarettes and resist social pressures to vape. Informed by tobacco youth prevention researchers and practitioners, years of real world implementation, and a youth advisory board, it is the only school-based vaping prevention program proven to reduce the likelihood of vaping among youth.
You can use the Action Center to:
Assess the health and wellness of your school, district, or out-of-school time site
Identify opportunities to improve policies and practices that promote well-being for kids, teachers, and staff using the Thriving Schools Integrated Assessment (try it!)
Increase resilience of students and staff using the RISE Index, presented in partnership with Kaiser Permanente
Find resources that help families prioritize healthy living and create home environments where everyone can thrive
Learn about The Walking Classroom, our standards-aligned educational podcast program
Access trainings on physical education and activity, employee wellness, nutrition, social-emotional health and learning, policy, and more.
This toolkit was designed to help school districts respond to the youth tobacco/vaping epidemic. The toolkit assists schools in creating a tobacco-free environment that helps prevent students from using tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and support students who need help quitting.
This toolkit was designed to help school districts respond to the youth tobacco/vaping epidemic. The toolkit assists schools in creating a tobacco-free environment that helps prevent students from using tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and support students who need help quitting.
This program is geared for students who have been caught using e-cigarettes OR cannabis and/or for any students who are interested in trying to quit. This program is packed with a self-paced lesson, a group 2- or 4-hour teacher or counselor-led curriculum, quitting resources, and more!
You and Me, Together Vape-Free curriculum, which is part of the Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, is a 6-lesson evidence-based curriculum created by the Stanford REACH Lab as well as by our Youth Action Board, educators, healthcare providers, and scientists across the U.S.
The Halpern-Felsher REACH lab studies developmental, cognitive, psychosocial, and cultural/social factors involved in adolescents' and young adults' health-related decision-making, perceptions of risk and vulnerability, health communication, and risk behavior.
The goal of the Empower Vape-Free Youth campaign is to empower educators to speak with youth about the risks of e-cigarettes and nicotine addiction and to encourage youth to avoid and/or quit vaping. Educators include teachers, coaches, school counselors, and on-site administrators (e.g., principals, vice-principals, etc.) in U.S. middle and high schools.
How to help someone on their quit-vaping journey
The quit line helps people quit smoking, vaping or chewing tobacco at 800-QUIT-NOW.
On this page, you’ll find resources to help you or a loved one quit. You’ll also learn more about Wisconsin programs to help tobacco users across the state. Remember, it’s never too late to quit.
This time, try something different. We can help you become an expert in living tobacco-free. We’ve been doing this for 25 years, so believe us when we tell you we can help double your chances of quitting for good. Anyone can get help from our free Texas Quitline service and Web-based program.. The Texas Tobacco Quitline can help you quit all forms of tobacco, including e-cigarettes.
Learn more about vaping and how to talk with teens
No matter what your quit journey looks like, we have the tools to support you. When you’re ready to quit smoking, vaping, or other tobacco use, choose the option that’s right for you.
The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence (CTI) works across the state of Maine to address tobacco use and exposure through education, prevention, policy, treatment and training initiatives.