Resources for Tobacco-Free and Vaping-Free Schools and Communities

Schools and districts nationwide are challenged with creating vape-free and tobacco-free campuses that support students’ health and academic success. Evidence shows that exclusionary discipline, such as suspension or expulsion, does not reduce use of tobacco products and disproportionately impacts students of color.

Our Action Center provides no-cost access to resources that include:

The Tobacco-Free District Model Policy that promotes supportive disciplinary practices and alternatives to suspension
The Thriving Schools Integrated Assessment, a no-cost, evidence-based tool that helps schools and districts assess their strengths and identify opportunities to advance well-being in 14 interrelated topic areas, including promoting tobacco-free schools
Tools to help build your team, create an action plan to track progress, download data reports, and much more

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Prevention | Cessation | Schools | Supportive Discipline | Families

Featured Resources

Use comprehensive, policy language when updating tobacco-free and vaping-free school board policies, administrative rules, and student code of conduct documents.

Update your existing policy to include evidence-based language, administrative rules, and student code of conduct language.

Use this checklist to implement a tobacco-free policy and reduce student and staff tobacco use and vaping on school grounds.

Tobacco and Vaping Prevention

A national youth vaping prevention curriculum to educate students about the dangers of e-cigarette use.

A six-lesson, theory-based and evidence-informed curriculum created by the Stanford REACH Lab as well as by educators, healthcare providers, and scientists.

A free, comprehensive youth advocacy training program created by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in partnership with the CVS Health Foundation.

The Office of the U.S. Surgeon General shares information about the dangers of e-cigarette use by young people.

A youth e-cigarette, JUUL, and vape prevention program specific to grades 5-12.

View infographic showing the harmful effects of tobacco on the environment.

The American Lung Association shares strategies and resources for discussing tobacco use, prevention and cessation within Hispanic and/or Latino communities.

A free, bilingual, online curriculum, aligned with National Education Standards and 21st Century Skills, to help teens learn and build skills to avoid tobacco and nicotine.

Infographic showing link between vaping nicotine and mental health.

Tobacco and Vaping Cessation

A one-hour eLearning for school and healthcare professionals and community members on how to conduct a brief intervention with teens using e-cigarettes or tobacco.

This program helps teens develop a quit plan, identify triggers, practice refusal skills, and receive ongoing support for changing behaviors.

Sends daily texts to teens ages 13-17 years old who want to become smokefree.

The app is a free smartphone app that helps you quit smoking with tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges.

A free mobile program from Truth Initiative designed to help young people quit vaping.

Seeks to give teens the resources they need to break nicotine dependency and find healthier outlets.

This tip sheet provides three steps that pediatric clinicians and nurses should follow to address youth tobacco use.

Free, culturally responsive resources to help Indigenous populations quit smoking or using other tobacco products.

Tobacco-Free Schools

Connect people to resources in a timely, consistent, and equitable way by implementing a clearly defined referral pathway.

Access this eLearning to create effective tobacco and vaping policies with your district and school leadership teams.

Identify and share available tobacco-free resources in your district and community with students, families, and caregivers.

Use this checklist to implement a tobacco-free policy and reduce student and staff tobacco use and vaping on school grounds.

Worksheet: Align tobacco-free and vaping-free school policies and practices with the HEARTS model.

Watch this recorded webinar to identify the health and educational impacts of tobacco use and vaping and discuss supportive discipline strategies to support students who use tobacco and vaping products.

Middle and high school lesson plans and resources from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products.

The Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law provides considerations for how to classify and dispose of accumulations of e-cigarette waste.

YVAPE is a free educational program with phone coaching support for students who have been vaping at school. Available to California public middle and high schools.

Supportive Discipline

Resolve conflicts and address harm in a productive and fair way and promote accountability and connection in your school community.

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The CDC shares resources to support tobacco-free policies and strategies for implementing tobacco prevention programs as an alternative to out-of-school suspension for students.

A convenient alternative to suspension program that helps schools and communities address the teen tobacco/vaping problem in a more supportive way.

Better approaches to on-campus student tobacco use.

The Healthy Futures/Alternative to Suspension Curriculum is geared for students who are using tobacco products and/or for any students who are interested in trying to quit.

Resources for Families

The CDC shares what you need to know about the risks of e-cigarettes for kids, teens, and young adults.

CDC's tip sheet offers facts and practical ways to start conversations with young people about the risks of e-cigarette use.

Signs to look out for if you suspect that your child may be vaping from Partnership to End Addiction.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) shares what parents and caregivers should know about pod-based e-cigarette devices.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) shares information for parents and caregivers to learn more about the dangers of e-cigarettes.

This public awareness campaign equips parents with the facts about e-cigarettes and support conversations before kids start to vape.

Looking for support?

Contact Ryan Monroe, Healthier Generation Program Manager, for support, technical assistance, and best practice strategies to build a healthy tobacco-free and vaping-free school environment.