As a nation, we are facing an epidemic with young people and vaping. Each day, a new headline has the words “young person” “teen” and “vaping” that create a catching headline for individuals. It is imperative that we are educated on this topic and provide education on this risky behavior to our students to ensure they are safe and healthy to perform in the classroom.

In 2018, Surgeon General Jerome  Adams declared vaping among young people as an epidemic. “We must take action now to protect the health of our nation’s young people.” - Surgeon General Jerome Adams

This toolkit is designed to provide tools and resources for Forsyth County school staff, including administrators, educators, teachers and nurses. The toolkit outlines educational information that can be used along with other resources to help educate youth and reduce youth e-cigarette use.

Parent Resources

American Heart Associate: The Ugly Truth About Vaping

CDC E-Cigarette/Vaping Products Visual Dictionary 

E-Cigarette Basics

Helping Your Child Quit

Learn about the different shapes and types of e-cigarettes and the risk of all forms of e-cigarette use, including JUUL, for young people 

How to Keep Kids and Teens from Smoking and Vaping (American Heart Association) 

Parents Against Vaping E-Cigs (PAVE)

Tobacco Quitting Resources

Youth:

Become A Smokefree Teen

Truth Initiative

 Adults:

Georgia Tobacco Quitline

American Lung Association Tobacco QuitLine

Educator Resources

American Heart Associate: The Ugly Truth About Vaping

Botvin Health Connections: E-Cigarettes and Vaping  LST has been proven to reduce youth smoking by addressing the risk and protective factors associated with a variety of substances. 

Be Vape Free Elementary, Middle, High Resources and Lessons

Best practices youth e-cigarette and JUUL prevention program. Provides up-to-date information to teachers, parents and health professionals to equip students with knowledge and skills they need to CDC

E-Cigarette/Vaping Products Visual Dictionary make informed decisions about e-cigarette use.

E-Cigarette Basics  Learn about the different shapes and types of e-cigarettes and the risk of all forms of e-cigarette use, including JUUL, for young people 

E-Cigarettes: What You Need to Know Teachers Guide (contains student lesson)

Educators: Here’s What You Need to Know About Vaping (1/2018)

Everything You Need to Know about E-Cigarettes, Vaping and Hookahs (Botvin Life Skills)- grades 7-college

The Real Cost of Vaping (Scholastic and the FDA) - grades 6-8 Engage students in discussions about the dangers of e-cigarette use. Scholastic and the FDA have collaborated to create a lesson and research activity to educate students on the health risks of vaping.

Lesson Plan: Vaping and JUULing (Twin Cities Medical Society)

Stanford Medicine Curriculum (Stanford Medicine)- grades 5-12, Tobacco Prevention Toolkit designed as an education resources.

FCS Resources

Poster: The Cost of Vaping

Poster: The Cost of Vaping (Spanish)

Poster: Physical Effects of Vaping

Poster: Physical Effects of Vaping (Spanish)

Policy JCDAA: Student Tobacco Use

Policy GAN Employee Tobacco Use

ADDRESSING STUDENT USE OF E-CIGARETTES AND VAPES

2.44% (240) of Forsyth County Middle School students report vaping within the last thirty days.   (1)

10.45% (1,140) Forsyth County High Schools students report vaping within the last thirty days.   (1)

2018 is the second year in which the Monitoring the Future survey asked high school students about vaping specific substances ever, in the past year, and in the past month. In just one year, rates of past-year vaping increased by about one-third in all grades, to 17.6 percent of 8th graders, 32.3 percent of 10th graders, and 37.3 percent of 12th graders. After alcohol, vaping is the second most common form of substance use in all three grades.

References

(1) 2019 Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0 

(2) 2018 Monitoring the Future Survey