COVID-19: Tobacco and Vaping Alert

COVID-19 is a respiratory illness and data tells us that it is even more dangerous for people who smoke and vape.  Read more on our website.

Lamoille Valley Tobacco and Vaping Community Needs Survey

Healthy Lamoille Valley’s Tobacco Prevention Task Force wants your input on how to support you, those around you and our community on the topic of smoking and vaping cessation and prevention in this time of COVID-19. Please fill out our quick community needs survey at www.healthylamoillevalley.org/tobacco-survey.  After completing this survey, you can choose to be entered in a raffle to win one of four $25 gift certificates of your choosing from our Lamoille Valley Business Friends of Prevention list. Your survey responses will not be connected to your contact information.  For more information visit www.healthylamoillevalley.org/tobacco-survey.https://www.healthylamoillevalley.org/tobacco-survey

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!

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.

Information

National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens Website  – Information on Tobacco, Nicotine, & E-cigarettes

Surgeon General’s E-Cigarette Facts Website for Teens and Families – Know the Risks

UnHypedVT – Interactive Facts Site for Teens from Vermont Department of Health

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.

Learn more about e-cigarettes on the Center For Disease Control website.