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Arkansas Schools Receive Free Trainings to Combat Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

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The American Lung Association is offering free trainings to schools in Arkansas to help navigate the youth e-cigarette epidemic. In 2019, nearly one in four high school students in Arkansas used e-cigarettes, resulting in a significant concern for lung health. The organization's Vape-Free Schools Initiative provides free facilitator training for the Not on Tobacco (NOT) and Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health (INDEPTH) programs to help schools protect Arkansas youth from a lifetime of addiction to deadly tobacco products.

Key Takeaways:

  • The American Lung Association is offering free trainings to schools in Arkansas to combat the youth e-cigarette epidemic, which affects nearly one in four high school students in the state.
  • The trainings provide facilitator training for the Not on Tobacco (NOT) and Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health (INDEPTH) programs, which focus on tobacco cessation and nicotine dependence prevention.
  • The NOT program is designed with teenagers in mind and uses a holistic approach with interactive learning strategies based on Social Cognitive Theory of behavior change.
  • The INDEPTH program teaches students about nicotine dependence, establishing healthy alternatives, and how to kick unhealthy addiction, and can be held in-person or virtually through an online meeting platform.
  • The trainings are done virtually, and school administrators and educators can contact Jocelyn Lowery at [email protected] to receive more information.
  • The American Lung Association's Vape-Free Schools Initiative is part of its broader efforts to defeat lung cancer, champion clean air for all, improve the quality of life for those with lung disease, and create a tobacco-free future.

Statistics:

  • 24% of high school students in Arkansas used e-cigarettes in 2019 (American Lung Association).
  • The American Lung Association is providing free facilitator training through its Vape-Free Schools Initiative to help schools implement the NOT and INDEPTH programs.
  • The programs can be fully implemented by the spring semester if schools sign up now.

Sources:

  • American Lung Association. (n.d.). Vape-Free Schools Initiative.
  • American Lung Association. (n.d.). Helping Teens Quit: Vape-Free Schools.
  • American Lung Association. (n.d.). About Us.

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