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Electronic Cigarettes, Vaping, Juuling
Cessation Resources for Teens and Young Adults
Whatever approach you take. Know that help is available, you are not alone, and the work of quitting will be worth it!
Area Medical Offices
Consult with your doctor or pediatrician. Many local practices have a CHT (community health team) program that can provide free services. Your doctor will be able to manage expectations around the medical perspectives of quitting. In the state of Vermont, youth ages 13 and over can seek mental health and substance use treatment on their own behalf without parental consent or direct notification. In most cases we recommend parent involvement for increased support in quitting.
Stowe Family Practice
Laura Dewey, 802-253-9172
Morrisville Family Health Center
Appleseed Pediatrics
Meagan DeWitt, 802-851-8822
Family Practice Associates
(at the Cambridge Health Center)
Rorie Dunphey, 802-644-5114
Hardwick Area Health Center
Katie Whitaker, 802-472-3300
Counseling
A counselor can support you as you make a plan to quit. You can check with your school nurse, visit your counseling center, or contact these area service providers.
Community Health Services of Lamoille Valley’s Behavioral Health and Wellness Center is a designated agency for substance misuse treatment. Call 802-888-8320 or visit them online at chslv.org.
Wellspring Counseling Serves the greater Hardwick area. Call 802-472-6694 or visit them online at wellspringvt.org.
802Quits.com (for kids 13 and older)
Vermont’s Quit Resource
There are many things you can do to improve your chances of success. Working with a Vermont Quit Partner or Quitline Coach increases your chances of successfully quitting. By Phone, 1-800-QUIT-NOW, call or text. Free one-on-one coaching for ages 13 and older. Quitline Coaches are available 24/7, with additional support via email and text. Includes free patches, gum and lozenges. Online
at 802quits.org, quit on your own with help from online tools and resources like message boards. Includes free patches, gum and lozenges.Free for ages 13 and older.
“This is Quitting” Text-Based Cessation Program for Teens
- This is Quitting is a first-of-its-kind program designed to help young people ages 13-24 quit vaping. The text message program was created and is run by Truth Initiative, the non-profit organization behind the award-winning truth® campaign and the BecomeAnEX program.
- Teens and young adults sign up to receive free messages designed to build confidence and skills to quit vaping.
How it Works in Vermont:
- Teens and young adults ages 13-24 can text in “VtVapeFree” to 88709 to enroll.
- Users will receive one age-appropriate message per day tailored to their enrollment date, which can be set, reset and cleared out via text message. Users who set a quit date receive text messages for 1 week prior to their quit date and 8 weeks post-quit date.
- If users do not set a quit date, they will receive 4 weeks of messages focused on building skills and confidence.
- There are some additional support keywords that users can use including COPE, STRESS, SLIP and MORE which allows them to receive instant support whenever they need it.
- Upon completion of the program, users receive periodic text messages from truth campaign and may continue to use the supportive keywords for as long as they like.
My Life, My Quit
My Life, My Quit offers cessation support for teens along with facts about vaping, tobacco and nicotine. Visit https://mylifemyquit.org.
Healthy Lamoille Valley has collected resources on the topic of E-cigarettes, Vaping and JUULing to be shared with teachers, students, and community members. Click here to download the PDF.
Click here to download our Vaping handout to identify types of e-cigarette devices found in Lamoille Valley schools and learn what you can do in your community.
The Vermont Department of Health has developed a toolkit on vaping for use in schools. Click here to download the toolkit.
