Tobacco
Nicotine Pouches
You may be hearing more about oral nicotine products like ZYN and other pouches, tablets/lozenges, gums, and nicotine toothpicks. Because they’re often flavored, packaged discreetly, and promoted on social media, they can be easy to miss. ZYN pouches commonly come in 3mg and 6mg strengths, and a single 6mg pouch can deliver nicotine comparable to roughly 2–3 cigarettes. Since nicotine is highly addictive and can lead to nicotine dependence and other health impacts, especially during adolescence, we encourage families to stay informed and have a simple, nonjudgmental conversation with teens about avoiding nicotine in all forms.
More Information:
Oral Nicotine Products – Stanford
ZYN – The More You Know – Stanford
Quit Help for Teens and Young Adults
Healthy Lamoille Valley Tobacco Prevention Task Force
Join the Healthy Lamoille Valley Tobacco Prevention Task Force and/or share your experiences and knowledge in your schools, towns and workplaces. Please share with us your concerns around tobacco products. We are also collecting information about workplaces, organizations, schools, towns, public spaces and events that are smoke-free or interested in support in educational opportunities about policy enhancement on this topic. Contact Alison at alison@healthylamoillevalley.org
Taking Down Tobacco – Attention youth and adults! Take these free online classes to get the skills, knowledge and tools you need to fight tobacco use in your community.
TOBACCO PREVENTION
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Healthy Lamoille Valley is working to:
- Address Tobacco Use Among Youth
- Eliminate Exposure to Secondhand Smoke, and
- Increase Tobacco-free Policies in Towns, Public Places, Workplaces, and College Campuses.
Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the country, while, in Vermont, smoking costs approximately $348 million in medical expenses and results in about 1,000 smoking-related deaths each year.
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND VAPING
New data from the 2017 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) shows that, on average, Vermont middle school and high school students are more likely to have tried electronic vapor products like e-cigarettes in 2017 compared to 2015, increasing from 7% to 9% for middle schoolers and from 30% to 34% for high schoolers.
Read more on electronic cigarettes, vaping and juuling
TOBACCO PREVENTION IN THE WORKPLACE
Smoking in the Workplace Resources
For more informaiton
Contact Alison Link
Policy and Community Outreach Coordinator
alison@healthylamoillevalley.org
917-626-0344
BECOME A 3-4-50 PARTNER
3 BEHAVIORS: Lack of physical activity, poor diet, and tobacco use lead to…
4 CHRONIC DISEASES: Cancer, heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, and lung disease result in more than…
50% OF ALL DEATHS IN VERMONT
Read more about 3-4-50 and how to become a partner on www.healthvermont.gov/3-4-50. 3-4-50 recognizes its new partners! Read more on www.livewelllamoille.com/3-4-50-recognition.
Help End Tobacco’s Influence on Vermont’s Youth
The tobacco industry uses candy flavors and colorful packaging to make e-cigarettes, little cigars, and chew seem more appealing – and it’s working on our kids. In fact, two-thirds of tobacco-using youth said they use these products because they come in flavors they like.
Currently CounterBalance is working to raise awareness about the dangers of flavored tobacco products.