Talk with Your Kids

You can influence your children's decision about whether to use e-cigarettes. Even if you have used tobacco yourself, your children will listen if you discuss your struggles with nicotine addiction. Be clear that you don't approve of them smoking or using e-cigarettes, and that you expect them to live tobacco-free.

Use CDC's Parent Tip Sheet https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/SGR_ECig_ParentTipSheet_508.pdf

 To help you talk with your children. This tip sheet offers facts and practical ways to start conversations with young people about the risks of e-cigarette use.

Resources

• The American Lung Association’s INDEPTH diversion program, specially designed for teens. It can be facilitated by any trained adult (training is free) and consists of four, 50-minute sessions that discuss vaping facts, harmful effects of nicotine and tobacco products, healthy alternatives to tobacco, and how to avoid future tobacco use. 

For more information, visit

https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/helping-teens-quit/indepth

• Tobacco Free CA

Fighting for a tobacco free future in California - Tobacco Free CA

• Truth Initiative

Truth Initiative: inspiring lives free from smoking, vaping, and nicotine

• CATCH My Breath

CATCH My Breath - CATCH

Sources

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html

https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/helping-teens-quit/e-cigarettes-schools

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/about-e-cigarettes.html

https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/

https://www.zeptive.com/post/3-ways-schools-can-help-students-quit-vaping 

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7039a4.htm?s_cid=mm7039a4_w

Student Tips for Cravings

https://teen.smokefree.gov/quit-vaping/deal-with-vape-cravings