Health
Education
Escape Vapes: Empowering Adults
A vaping education course that teaches parents and adults who work with youth about electronic cigarettes
The program is designed to help adults:
- recognize devices
- understand the connection between vaping and nicotine addiction
- be aware of e-juice contents and flavors
- understand the health risk of vaping for youth
- know the law and legal consequences of underage vaping
1, 1-Hour Session | For Parents & Adults
Prevention
Escape Vapes
A vaping prevention course that uses lessons and activities from the Stanford University Tobacco Prevention Toolkit
The program is designed to help youth:
- understand the contents of a JUUL and other e-cigarettes
- know the health and addiction risk of using nicotine products. (electronic cigarettes, pods, pens)
- understand the strategies manufacturers and marketing agencies use to increase vaping and smoking among youth
1 or 3, 1-Hour Sessions | For Youth Ages 10–19
Intervention
Escape Vapes: Healthy Futures, an Alternative to Suspension
A vaping intervention program for first offenders to attend instead of suspension or expulsion
The program is designed to help youth:
- understand the health effects of vaping
- recognize the impact of nicotine on the brain
- engage in conversations to prevent further use of nicotine products
(The 2- and 4-hour versions include more group activities and the Healthy Future Handbook that guides students to consider their individual motivations for quitting e-cigarettes/vapes.)
1, 1-, 2-, or 4-Hour Sessions | For First-Time Youth Offender
Cessation
Not On Tobacco (N-O-T)
An evidence-based program to help youth quit nicotine products (electronic cigarettes/pods/cigarettes/ flavored cigars) for good
The program is designed to help youth:
- cut back or completely quit nicotine use (90% success rate)
- take a holistic approach to quitting
- be in a supportive community of other youth who want to stop vaping or smoking
10, 50-Minute Sessions | For Youth ages 14–19
Escape Vapes Programming
Program | Publication Number | |
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Education | FCS-2563 | |
Prevention | FCS-2564 | |
Intervention | FCS-2565 | |
Cessation | FCS-2566 |
For more information, contact
Synithia Flowers
(205) 329-1148
willisl@aces.edu
Adrienne Duke, Extension Specialist and Associate Professor; Synithia Flowers, Regional Extension Agent in Human Development and Family Studies, both with Auburn University
New September 2021, Escape Vapes Programming, FCS-2562