Resources for Educators

posters

From Community Connections:

• Be good to your body (girl). “Vaping” hurts. (For elementary).

• Be good to your body (boy). “Vaping” hurts. (For elementary).

• You only get one body. “Vaping” and smoking hurt. (For elementary).

• They said it was safe. They lied. (Juul)

• Nicotine plays mind games. All Juul has nicotine.

• Smoking harms the entire body (female), 8.5"x14"

• Smoking harms the entire body (male), 8.5"x14"

• What YOUth Should Know about tobacco (sports-themed)

• Ingredients in Tobacco

• The high cost of tobacco

• Lungs and bodies need clean air. Period.

• Nicotine constricts blood vessels

• Smoking holds you back

• Signs of a dipper

• Clean air, please. Smoke damages lungs. So does "vapor." 11"x17"

• Think Pink. Lungs need clean air. 11"x17"

• Must-B-21. Report underage drinking. (Geared to adults.)

From other sources:

• Youth Vaping Risks, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

  Other posters from the FDA.

Information and Programming Guides

• About Community Connections

• For Coaches (about tobacco)

• Internet resources on drug prevention, bullying, mental health, etc.

• RED RIBBON WEEK Ideas

• RED RIBBON WEEK Intercom Announcement Ideas

• Through with Chew Week Ideas

• Tobacco Awareness Day Ideas

• How to Conduct a Flash Mob

Bookmarks

• Healthy Choices — Tobacco Free

• Healthy Choices — Drug Free

• Tobacco is a Dead-End Street
  

activity and Coloring Pages

• I Can Say No

• Happy to be Tobacco-Free

• "Bee" Tobacco-Free

• "Bee" Drug-Free
  

Stickers

Our sticker sheets are formatted for printing on standard 2"x4" office labels.

• Don't Be A Target

• Next Generation

• Healthy and Tobacco Free

• Proud to Be Tobacco Free

• Tobacco is a Dead-End Street

MORE on E-CIGARETTES: On-line resources

• "E-Cigarettes Shaped Like USB Flash Drives," a brochurc from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For parents, educators and health care providers.

• “Quick Facts on the Risks of E-cigarettes for Kids, Teens and Young Adults.” From the CDC.

• “E-Cigarettes: Talk to your Kids About the Risks.” This page from the CDC includes attractive, educational fact sheets, presentations and links for parents, health care providers, educators and adolescents. Be sure to check out the “One Brain” ad.

• American Cancer Society: “Health Risks of E-cigarettes.”

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: “Vaporizers, E-Cigarettes and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS.)

Suggested calendar of anti-tobacco and anti-drug events for schools

National Above the Influence Day :  The third Thursday of October
Red Ribbon Week: The last week of October
Lung Cancer Awareness Month: November
Great American Smokeout: The third Thursday of November
Through with Chew Week: The third full week of February
Great American Spit Out is the Thursday of Through with Chew Week
Tobacco Prevention Day (Kick Butts Day): The third Wednesday of March
World No Tobacco Day: May 31