Tobacco and vapor prevention

Emerging health concern:
Learn about severe lung disease related to vape devices and e-cigarettes

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tobacco and vapor prevention

JUUL and e-cigarettes

• Resources for teachers: lesson plans, handouts and more
• E-cigarettes and vapor products
• How JUUL cornered the youth tobacco market and what you should know
• Not just water vapor: why e-cigarettes are so dangerous

Quit smoking today

• Resources for beating nicotine addiction and quitting smoking
• Need help quitting? Call the quitline today
• Freedom From Tobacco support groups near you

Learn the facts

• Tobacco and vapor product data, facts and other resources
  
• Download infographics

Report violations

• Report secondhand smoke exposure (apartments/condos)
  
• Report smoking law violations (public place/place of employment)
• Report sales of tobacco or vapor products to minors
  

Smoke-free environments

• Download no smoking signs
  
• Smoke-free housing
  
• Tobacco-free colleges
  
• Tobacco-free parks
• Tobacco policy surveillance

Laws, regulations and retailer information

• Tobacco laws and resources for tobacco retailers

Tools for partners and volunteering

• For King County providers: Free online tobacco cessation training course
• Youth volunteer information
  
• Local and national partner organizations
  
• Infographics and fact sheets

Flavored tobacco:
Candy-coated addiction

• Flavored tobacco appeals to youth
  
• Download flavored tobacco infographic
  
• Download menthol cigarettes infographic
• For teachers: lesson plans on flavored tobacco

Hookah smoking

• Not a safe alternative to cigarettes
• Download hookah smoking infographic
• Carbon monoxide in hookah smoke
• For teachers: lesson plans on hookah prevention

Tobacco Cessation Training
Free online course for healthcare and social service providers

This module will teach you how you can improve the health of your community by giving you tools and information to address tobacco use.

You will learn how to use brief intervention and Motivational Interviewing techniques to encourage, empower, and assist people as they move toward a successful quit attempt.

See course objectives and how to register.

Our mission:

Promoting healthy people and healthy communities through effective cessation efforts, and preventing tobacco use, nicotine addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke