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Pediatricians and Families Need to Know (American Academy of Pediatrics) ▪ Vaping: What You Need to Know And How to Talk With Your Kids (PDF) (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) ▪ E-cigarettes, “Vapes”, and JUULs: What Parents Should Know (PDF) (American Lung Association) Promote health messaging throughout school. ▪ Free Signs (Association for Nonsmokers – Minnesota) ▪ Free print and digital materials, such as posters (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) ▪ If you don’t think vaping is addictive, it may have already altered your brain. ▪ A nicotine-free vape is not a worry-free vape. Download these posters and more at CTP’s Exchange Lab. ▪ Free school posters targeting youth with messaging on the harms of nicotine and risk of addiction. These posters were developed by Hopkins One Voice Coalition, in partnership with Hennepin County and Community Blueprint, with input from a youth focus group from Hopkins High school. ▪ Think you can low-key vape? (JPG) ▪ Vaping to be different? So is everyone else. (JPG) ▪ Vape isn't harmless water vapor. (JPG) ▪ Vaping to fit in? Typical. (JPG) ADDRESSIN G STUDENT USE OF E - C IGARETTES AND OTHER VAPING PRODUCTS 3 School Health Services Here’s what you can do: Educate students on the harms of nicotine and e-cigarette use. ▪ NEW E-Cigarettes: Talk to Youth About the Risks (CDC) ▪ NEW E-cigarettes and Youth: What Health Care Providers Need to Know (PDF) (CDC) ▪ Health Impacts of Vaping (PDF) (Twin Cities Medical Society) ▪ Health care professionals: educate your young patients about the risks of e-cigarettes (PDF) (CDC) ▪ Know The Risks E-Cigarettes and Young People (CDC) ▪ E-cigarettes, “Vapes”, and JUULs, What Teens Should Know (PDF) (American Lung Association) ▪ Tips for Teens: E-cigarettes (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Provide resources to parents about talking to their teens. ▪ NEW The Vape Talk (American Lung Association) ▪ NEW E-cigarettes and Youth: What Parents Need to Know (PDF) (CDC) ▪ Should I Talk to My Kids About Vaping? (Twin Cities Medical Society) ▪ Talk with your teen about e-cigarettes: A tip sheet for parents (PDF) (CDC) ▪ Teachers and Parents: That USB Stick Might Be an E-cigarette (CDC) ▪ Juuling: What Pediatricians and Families Need to Know (PDF) (American Academy of Pediatrics) ▪ Parents: Facts on Teen Drug Use (National Institute on Drug Abuse for Parents) ▪ Vaping: What You Need to Know And How to Talk With Your Kids (PDF) (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids) ▪ E-cigarettes, “Vapes”, and JUULs: What Parents Should Know (PDF) (American Lung Association) Share resources for quitting tobacco. To help youth ▪ Tobacco Cessation Resources for Youth (PDF) (American Lung Association in Minnesota) ▪ Smokefree Teen (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) ▪ Free Truth Initiative quit programs: This is Quitting or BecomeAnEX®. Users can text “QUIT” to 202-804-9884. To help adults ▪ Helping People Quit (Minnesota Department of Health) ▪ Free QUITPLAN® Downloadable Materials (QUITPLAN® Services) ADDRESSIN G STUDENT USE OF E - C IGARETTES AND OTHER VAPING PRODUCTS 4 Curriculum Coordinators, Health Educators, and Teachers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides evidence-based recommendations to help design and implement quality school programs to prevent tobacco use. While the tobacco industry continues to engage schools and offer free tobacco prevention curriculum, industry-sponsored schoolbased programs are ineffective and may ultimately promote tobacco use among youth. NEW E-cigarettes and Youth: What Educators and Coaches Need to Know (PDF) (CDC) Here’s what you can do: Update curriculum that addresses the harms of nicotine and e- cigarette use. ▪ Tobacco Industry-Sponsored Youth Prevention Program in Schools (PDF) ▪ HECAT: Module T (Tobacco-Use Prevention Curriculum) Presentation for Youth: Know the Risks – A Youth Guide to E-cigarettes The CDC developed this presentation to educate youth on e-cigarettes, including the health risks, the factors that lead to e-cigarette use, and what youth can do to avoid all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. This resource is intended for adults who educate or serve youth ages 11 – 18 (teachers, youth ministers, coaches, scout leaders, etc.). Utilizing the talking points and information for users document, the presenter does not require additional information, nor permission to deliver the presentation. Learn more about this Presentation for Youth. Use relevant, youth friendly lesson plans. ▪ The Real Cost of Vaping (Scholastic and the FDA) – for grades 9-12 ▪ The Tobacco Prevention Toolkit (Stanford Medicine) – for middle or high school students ▪ E-cigarette Prevention: Catch My breath (CATCH – Coordinated Approach to Child