Educators share how a free vaping prevention curriculum has helped their students

As youth continue to use e-cigarettes at alarming rates, vaping has become a major distraction for many educators and students, disrupting daily life at middle and high schools. To help schools address this pressing issue, Truth Initiative and Kaiser Permanente collaborated with the American Heart Association to produce a national youth vaping prevention curriculum Vaping: Know the truth, available online through EVERFI. Here is what some educators who have shared the self-led course with their students have to say about their experiences.

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A breath of fresh air: The immediate benefits of quitting smoking or vaping nicotine

Quitting smoking has countless short and long-term health benefits, some of which start to impact the body almost immediately after putting down a cigarette. Quitting smoking has also been associated with reduced depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as improved positive mood and quality of life compared with continuing to smoke. While decades of research have provided a clear picture of how quitting smoking improves physical and mental health, research on quitting e-cigarettes is still emerging. Here’s what we know about the short- and long-term health effects of quitting smoking or vaping nicotine, and what resources are available to help.

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