Georgia’s Vaping Awareness Campaign Initiative

Talking to Your Child About Vaping is a brief 30-minute online training that helps parents, guardians and caregivers of children ages 8-20 start informed conversations with youth about vaping, giving families practical tools to prevent and address nicotine use at home!

Why It Matters
Our resources help parents understand what vaping devices are, ways to spot early warning signs and proven-effective strategies to start meaningful conversations with their kids. 

• ACT to Address Youth Cessation Training is the Lung Association’s one-hour online course for youth mentoring staff. It equips adults with evidence-based steps: Ask, Counsel, Treat, to intervene effectively and support teens who use tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.
• INDEPTH® (Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health) is a free, alternative-to-suspension program that provides education and support for youth who may otherwise face disciplinary action for tobacco or vaping violations.

• Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) is the comprehensive proven cessation program is designed to help youth who want to quit tobacco, nicotine or vaping and live a healthier, tobacco-free life.
• Tobacco/Nicotine Use Policy Assessment assesses your schools’ tobacco-free campus policy to identify opportunities to strengthen it to counter the youth-e-cigarette use public health crisis in the most comprehensive way through the American Lung Association’s Vape-Free Schools Initiative. 

Why It Matters
Our resources help teachers, nurses and counselors to intervene effectively when vaping or e-cigarette use is observed.