Smoking / Vaping Resources

This is Quitting

A first-of-its-kind, free text messaging program from Truth Initiative designed to help young people quit vaping. This program is tailored based on age (within 13 to 24 years old) and product usage to give teens and young adults appropriate recommendations about quitting.

Talk With Your Teen About E-Cigarettes: A Tip Sheet for Parents

From the Centers for Disease Control and the Surgeon General’s office, this tip sheet offers facts and practical ways to start conversations with young people about the risks of e-cigarette use. Use it to help you understand the issue and talk with your children.

What You Need to Know and How to Talk With Your Kids About Vaping

This guide is intended to help parents understand what vaping is, its appeal to youth and what research has to say about both the risks and unknowns, due to the lack of long-term vaping studies. The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids has identified some signs to look for and what to do if you are concerned that your child may try or actually is vaping, and some advice on what to say when talking with your child about vaping.

Truth Initiative

Truth Initiative is America’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to a future where tobacco and nicotine addiction are things of the past. Their mission is to achieve a culture where young people reject smoking, vaping, and nicotine.

CATCH My Breath 

CATCH Global Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity whose mission is to improve children’s health worldwide. Their Parents & Community page provides videos, a Parent’s Toolkit, and more.

American Lung Association:
How To Talk To Your Kids About Vaping 

This guide is intended to help you have an important talk about vaping with your kids. Sure, they may think you are uncool and annoying for bringing this up, but it is important that you do. The health risks are real and they need you to fight for them. Have The Vape Talk with your kids today.