Youth Tobacco Prevention
What Is It?
Youth Tobacco Prevention was identified by the School Health Advisory Council as an action, that when combined with other actions in our community, has a reasonable chance of making a difference in substance abuse prevention in our community. This is a new program in our community.
The audience for this Youth Tobacco Prevention initiative is Jackson County Public School students and their families. The program aims to make a difference at the individual/interpersonal behavior level as well as organizational/policy level. Implementation will take place in Jackson County Public Schools.
Partners
The partners for this Youth Tobacco Prevention initiative include:
|
Agency |
Person |
Role |
| Jackson County Public Schools | Laura Cabe, faculty and staff |
Lead, Collaborate, Support, and Represent Target Population |
| Jackson County Department of Public Health | Janelle Messer |
Lead, Collaborate, and Support efforts; Write and submit grants |
| Jackson County Department of Public Health | Curtis Collins | Facilitate AVOID Vaping Curriculum with public school middle school student |
| MountainWise | Tobin Lee, Regional Tobacco Prevention Manager |
Collaborate and support efforts |
Progress in 2023
In November 2023 Jackson County Public Schools and Project Aware hosted "Tall Cop Says Stop" event. At this awareness event Tall Cop, Jermaine Galloway, educated families and community members on substance use including vaping with youth.
Jackson County Public Schools School Health Advisory Council, SHAC, continued to gather vaping awareness resources that will be shared with students and families. These resources included ads for billboards to raise awareness of hazards caused by vaping as well as fliers and bathroom stall clings with information to encourage and help students quite vaping. SHAC plans to conitnue gathering and reviewing resources and tools to share in 2024.
AVOID Vaping classes were not implemented in 2023 due to the curriculum being under review by Jackson County Public Schools Curriculum Committee.
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