Nicotine/Vaping

Prevention Resources

FACTSHEETS/HANDOUTS: 

• The Hub's 2-page infographic on nicotine & vaping in Southwest CT here.

•  2019 regional profile on nicotine in Southwest CT

• Summary of CT’s 2019 tobacco legislation, including penalties for buyers and sellers from The Hub here 

• CDC factsheet: What is Vaping/Electronic cigarettes?

• Vaping Cannabis:

  • Smart Approaches to Marijuana factsheet on vaping THC (October 2019)

  • CBD Factsheet from Time Magazine 

  • Dabbing factsheet from Stanford University

• 2020 national summary and policy statement by National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors​ here

• 2019 statewide epidemiological profiles: Vaping

• Download infographic prepared for CT Prevention Week 2020

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AWARENESS VIDEOS:

• "Vaping 101: What Every Parent & Educator Should Know About E-Cigarettes" - Fall 2019 video from Yale School of Medicine (24 min.)

• Greenwich Together PSA by high school students for parents 

• Awareness video from the CT Prevention Training Center (3.5 min.) 

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SLIDESHOWS:

• Download & adapt November 2019 Slideshow by The Hub - includes regional data & resources for Southwest CT

• Vaping toolkit with lots of good graphics from Meriden

• DMHAS/DPH powerpoint (49 slides) updated August 2019 - toolkit for community adaptation/use

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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR PARENTS:

• Vape Talk - downloadable conversation guide from the American Lung Association

• 12pp resource for parents from Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: What Parents Should Know

• 13 pág. para padres: Guía de vapear

• FREE online drug education for parents from Courage to Speak

• Protect kids Fight Flavored E-Cigs  online resource for parents

• Webinar aimed at the Latino pop about vaping, includes results from focus groups with Latino teens in Westchester County last summer: Also available in Spanish here

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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR YOUTH:

• Behind the Haze interactive website for youth to explore effects of vaping

• "The Real Cost": vaping info for teens from DHHS

• "In the Air": Graphic novel

RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS:​​

• Current curricula related to vaping table to help your programs/schools (3pgs)  

• CT Prevention Training Center November 2019 summary of vaping prevention resources & curricula

• Considerations for school districts from The Hub, presented to superintendents October 2019 

• Free e-cig/JUUL prevention education curriculum for middle and high schools from CATCH my breath

• VapeEducate: online educational program for parents or schools (available in English and Spanish)

• Vaping Toolkit: Vaping education curriculum from Stanford University

• INDEPTH: an alternative to teen suspension or citation program from the American Lung Assn (free to download)

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RESOURCES FOR QUITTING:

• N-O-T (Not On Tobacco) Teen Vaping/Smoking Cessation program from American Lung Assn. (10 50-minute sessions to be delivered by a provider)

• Smokestoppers for Teens: Contact Janelle Jessee from St. Vincent’s Medical Center, 978-930-9817, for a cessation program at your school or organization

• Vape Stoppers, a 3-session cessation program from Insight Counseling in Ridgefield

• Freedom from Smoking online course

• The Hub handout

• Truth Initiative info & options

• MyLife.MyQuit

• SmokeFree Teen from NIH 

• Alternatives to vaping handout

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RESOURCES FOR PREVENTION COALITIONS:

• CDC Best Practices User Guide: Youth Engagement in Tobacco Prevention and Control

• Current curricula related to vaping table to help your programs/schools (3pgs)  

• Preventing Youth Vaping, Part i - June 2020 webinar from PTTC

• "Teen Vaping Prevention Messages that Work": July 2019 video from Rescue Agency social marketers, aimed at schools and prevention workers (33 min.)

• Video training series for tobacco vendors, from CT Clearinghouse 

• Vaping Resources from the PTTC Network 

•  Reducing Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults - Evidence-based resource guide. 

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NEWS OF INTEREST:

• EVALI: New information on vaping-induced lung injury (April 2020 - Harvard Health)

• FDA press release on new health warnings on packaging (March 2020)

• Resource digest on vaping & the behavioral health population, from the National Behavioral Health Network (Nov. 2019)

• Article: New Series Broken Takes on JUUL & the Vaping Crisis (Nov. 2019)

• Pew Research report on vaping by age and attitudes and beliefs (Sept. 2019)

• Protect Our Playgrounds from Vaping/E-Cigarettes list of resources
• CT American Lung Association Tobacco initiatives and grades by state
• Pod-based e-cigarettes efficiently addictive 
• The Risks of Another Epidemic: Teenage Vaping