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Electronic Cigarettes and Vapes

Program Overview

• Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) is a comprehensive

evidence-based, youth development, intervention, and cessation program for students in grades 6-12.

• The purpose of program is to reduce youth tobacco-use.
• Endorsed by California Department of Education and California

Department of Public Health Tobacco Control Branch

• TUPE funding originates from tobacco tax revenue;

CA Prop 99 & 56

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Eligible for Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE)

• School Districts must be Tobacco-Free Certified

– Policies up to date and include electronic cigarettes – “Tobacco Use is Prohibited” Signs – Quit Smoking Resources

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Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Grant Opportunities

TUPE Tier I TUPE Tier II Santa Clara County TUPE Network Santa Clara County TUPE Network California Healthy Kids Survey/ California Student Tobacco Survey California Healthy Kids Survey/ California Student Tobacco Survey Annual Trainings: Brief Intervention, Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit Annual Trainings: Brief Intervention, Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit Classroom Curriculum: Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit Youth Development: Peer Advocates & Community Advocate Teens of Today Club, School Wide Campaigns Alternatives to Suspension

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Intensive Intervention

• Addiction Support (referral to treatment)

Early Intervention

• Peer Advocate Program
• Community Advocates Teens of Today
• Brief Intervention
• Alternatives to Suspension:
• In-Class Suspensions
• Saturday School

Prevention & Skill Building

• Tobacco prevention classroom instruction:

Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

• District/School Campaigns
• Tobacco-Free Policy
• Parent/Student Presentations
• Data Driven: California Healthy Kids Survey, California Student

Tobacco Survey, Suspension, Pretest and Post-test

~15% ~5%

Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) Framework

~80% of Students

Tobacco Use Among High School Students in Santa Clara County

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2017-2018 California Student Tobacco Survey

*Data are statistically unreliable.

E-Cigarette Use Among High School Students in Santa Clara County

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2017-2018 California Student Tobacco Survey

*Data are statistically unreliable due to small sample size.

Youth are Using Flavored Products

• 82.3% of Santa Clara County high

school students who use tobacco products currently use a flavored product.

• Youth believe that flavored products

are safer and less addictive than non- flavored varieties. More than 15,000 flavors are currently on the market.

• More than 1 in 5 stores in Santa Clara

County that sell tobacco are located within 1,000 feet of a school, and 80% of those stores sell flavored tobacco products.

Sources: 2018-18 CSTS; SCCPHD Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community Data (2016); CDC MMWR September 30, 2015; Jolly et al. (2008)

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Where do Youth Report Getting E-cigarettes?

54.6% of high school

students report getting e-cigarettes from social sources vs. 45.4% report purchasing their e-cigarettes

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2017-2018 California Student Tobacco Survey

SCCOE Professional Learning Opportunities

• Stanford Tobacco Prevention & Marijuana Awareness

Toolkit Training

• Peer Advocacy Training
• Vape Prevention Summit “Hooked”
• Tobacco Intervention Training
• Vaping Awareness Parent Forum
• Middle School Youth Conference

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