Concerns about health and mental health increasingly drive young people to quit vaping

Young people enrolled in a quit vaping program from Truth Initiative cited health (56.1%) and social influence (15.8%) as their top reasons for quitting vaping, according to research published in Addictive Behaviors Reports. Researchers found enrollees in 2022 were significantly more concerned about health (56.1% vs. 42.3%), mental health (9.3% vs. 1.7%), and social influence (15.8% vs. 8.7%) compared to 2019 when researchers last analyzed participants’ reasons for quitting vaping.

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Vaping prevention and quit resources: top tips for parents and educators

Parents and educators have an important role to play in reaching students with the information they need to make informed choices, including providing tools to quit if they are already vaping. As new tobacco products continue to appear on the market, it is also increasingly important that parents and educators familiarize themselves with new products that are gaining popularity, such as pouches, lozenges and synthetic nicotine products. Here are some resources for parents, educators, and others working with young people.

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This week in tobacco policy news

Kentucky – Governor Beshear signed into law a bill that requires school districts to adopt specific policies that penalize students for possession of alternative nicotine products, tobacco products or vapor products and report nicotine-related incidents to the state Department of Education. The bill requires local boards of education to adopt written policies that include the distribution of evidence-based, age-appropriate nicotine prevention and cessation material at the beginning of and throughout the school year.
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Ohio - Columbus and Cincinnati joined more than a dozen Ohio cities in challenging the state legislature's measure that prohibits them from imposing regulations on tobacco, saying it violated home rule and would harm Ohioans.
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