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Vaping Basics

American Lung Association

  • What You Should Know About E-Cigarettes and Vaping

The Child Mind Institute

  • Teen Vaping: What You Need to Know

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  • FDA Issues Final Rule Increasing the Minimum Age for Certain Restrictions on Tobacco Sales

FDA + American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Identify Signs of Youth Vaping and Nicotine Addiction
  • Address E-cigarette Use in Youth

Vaping Habit Studies + Reports

The Center for Disease Control

  • NCHS Data Brief
  • E-Cigarrete Use Among Youth
  • Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students

Yale School of Medicine

  • How Social Media Promotion of Vaping Targets Teens

BMJ Journals

  • E-Cigarette Use As a Predicter of Cigarette Smoking

Pennsylvania Youth Survey

  • 2023 State Report Snapshot

Physical and Mental Effects of Vaping

Pennsylvania Department of Health

  • Pennsylvania High School Student Tobacco Use Fact Sheet

The Center for Disease Control

  • Health Effects of Vaping

National Library of Medicine

  • A Scoping Review of Vaping, E-Cigarettes and Mental Health Impact: Depression and Suicidality

Newport Institute

  • How Vaping Effects Mental Health

My Life. My Quit.

  • Facts About Vaping

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Vaping and Your Brain: What to Know

truth Initiative

  • New study: E-cigarette use linked to prior mental illness diagnosis among college students

John Hopkins Medicine

  • What Does Vaping Do to Your Lungs?

Science Direct

  • “It’s really addictive and I’m trapped:” A qualitative analysis of the reasons for quitting vaping among treatment-seeking young people

Stonegate Center

  • Vaping Linked to Concentration Issues

Coping + Mental Health Skills

SAMHSA

  • How to Cope With Mental Health, Drug, and Alcohol Issues
  • Stress Management Techniques, Healthy Coping Strategies, Breathing Exercise

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

  • Managing Stress
  • Managing Difficult Emotions
  • Improve Your Emotional Well-Being
  • Stress: How Right Now

National Cancer Institute

  • Handling Nicotine Withdrawal and Triggers When You Decide To Quit Tobacco

Australian Government Department of Health

  • Coping with Quitting and Staying Smoke and Vape-Free

Parent Info + Resources

Putnam Wellness Coalition

  • Vaping: What Parents Need to Know

American Lung Association

  • Talking to Your Child About Vaping Training

Parents Against Vaping

  • PAVE Lecture Series

CATCH My Breath

  • The Facts About Vaping: What Every Parent Should Know

Educator Info + Curriculum

Everfi and truth Campaign

  • Vaping: Know the Truth Self-Guided Curriculum

American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Tobacco Cessation Toolkit Presentation

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

  • Empower Vape-Free Youth Video Series

Stanford Medicine REACH Lab

  • Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

American Lung Association

  • Vape-Free School Initiative
  • INDEPTH: An Alternative to Suspension or Citation
  • N-O-T: Not On Tobacco: Proven Teen Smoking and Vaping Cessation Program
  • ACT to Address Youth Cessation

Federal Drug Administration (FDA)

  • Research for Professionals About Vaping and E-Cigarettes: A Toolkit for Working With Youth

Tobacco Education Resource Library

  • Vaping Prevention Resources

Catch My Breath

  • Vaping Prevention Program
  • Vaping Prevention Program for Educators

Healthier Generation

  • Comprehensive Vaping Policies for Schools

Additional Essential Sources + Resources

  • Pennsylvania Statewide Tobacco-Free Recovery Initiative
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
  • American Lung Assosiation Research Institute

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