CATCH MY BREATH Tobacco Prevention-Yadkin County Schools
How many youths participate
Current Value
282
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
CATCH My Breath’s peer-led teaching approach empowers students with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about e-cigarettes and resist social pressures to vape. Informed by tobacco youth prevention researchers and practitioners, years of real world implementation, and a youth advisory board, it is the only school-based vaping prevention program proven to reduce the likelihood of vaping among youth.
Partners
- Yadkin County Schools
- Insight Human Services
- Yadkin County Human Services Agency
- Yadkin County Sheriffs Office
What Works
- Every student goes through the program
- Decreased rates of tobacco/vaping use among students
Action Plan
- Continue educational classes within Yadkin County Schools
- Continue awareness efforts for county public through community health partners
- Educate parents/guardians about program being offered and the importance of it during meetings with teachers/school nurses
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