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Guide to Talking with Teens: Vaping

The “See Through the Vape” program provides parents with conversation scripts, nicotine facts, and free quitting support to guide discussions with teens.

Youth Nicotine Prevention & Quitting

Stanford Medicine offers parents evidence-based tools, conversation guides, and dedicated support strategies to help teenagers successfully quit nicotine.

Take Down Tobacco: Advocacy

Take Down Tobacco is the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ flagship initiative that empowers young people to expose the deceptive tactics of the tobacco industry and advocate for a tobacco-free generation. Through youth leadership training, policy advocacy, and events like National Day of Action, the organization equips teens and supporters to stand up against Big Tobacco and push for stronger protective health policies.

Truth Initiative: Nicotine Prevention

Truth Initiative is the nation’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all. Through groundbreaking research, national education campaigns, policy advocacy, and digital quit programs like the EX Program, the organization works to inspire healthy, nicotine-free lives across the country.

Utah QuitLogix: Community Referrals

This page is for non-clinical community organizations, non-profits, faith-based groups, social service agencies, and local advocates. It provides strategies, promotional materials, and referral pathways to help community groups connect community members with free state tobacco and vaping cessation services.

Local Coalitions: Community

Local prevention coalitions bring together parents, educators, healthcare providers, law enforcement, and youth to address substance misuse. By sharing resources and using evidence-based practices, these community groups build healthy environments where young people can thrive.

Adult Prevention Coalitions

• Beaver County
• Bryce Valley
• Creek Valley
• Escalante
• Hurricane Valley
• Iron County
• Kane Community
• Milford
• Panguitch
• Parowan
• Reach4Hope
• Washington County
• Utah Prevention Association

Youth Prevention Coalitions

Coalitions without links, contact the corresponding Adult Coalition for more info on how to get involved.

• Beaver County Youth
• Bryce Valley Youth
• Creek Valley Youth
• Escalante Youth
• Iron County Teens Against Drugs
• Kane Community Youth
• Milford Youth
• Panguitch Youth
• Parowan Youth
• Washington County Youth

Published by the Utah Department of Health & Human Services, this guide equips Utah schools and districts with evidence-based strategies, policy recommendations, and classroom curricula to prevent youth tobacco and e-cigarette use. It provides administrators and educators with actionable tools to enforce tobacco-free campus policies, safely handle vape waste, and connect students to free cessation programs like My Life, My Quit.

Resource Guide for School Nurses

Provides school nurses and health professionals with practical tools to identify and screen youth for tobacco and e-cigarette use. It offers actionable strategies for brief interventions, parent communication guidelines, and pathways to connect students directly to free quitting support services.