E-Cigarettes and Youth: An Alarming Trend

Description - Participants will learn:

  • What electronic cigarettes are and how they harm the body. 
  • Statistics on who is using them and why: alarming trends among youth. 
  • What policies and laws have been passed and what still needs to be done. 
  • Signs educators can look for to detect usage.
  • Resources available to address youth vaping to protect their developing brains.
Presenter:
Steve Hanson
Salt Lake County Health Department
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Program Manager
RSHanson@slco.org
385-468-5348

Handouts and Links:

PDF from the Surgeon General: https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/2016_SGR_Fact_Sheet_508.pdf

Still Blowing Smoke: http://stillblowingsmoke.org/

Contact list for tobacco programs in each local health department in Utah

Handout for HB 239 and its impact on addressing tobacco use at school

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