Resources for teachers

new! curriculum

From The U.S. Food & Drug Administration and Scholastic: “THE REAL COST OF VAPING”. For grades 6-12.

posters

From Community Connections:

• Be good to your body (girl). Vapin” hurts. (For elementary).

• Be good to your body (boy). Vaping hurts. (For elementary).

• Smoking harms the entire body (female), 8.5"x14"

• Smoking harms the entire body (female), 8.5”x11”

• Smoking harms the entire body (male), 8.5"x14"

• Smoking harms the entire body (male), 8.5”x11”

• What YOUth Should Know about tobacco (sports-themed)

• Ingredients in Tobacco

• The high cost of smoking

• Lungs and bodies need clean air

• Nicotine constricts blood vessels, stresses the heart

• Smoking holds you back

• Signs of a dipper

• “Coaches, you can influence youth,“ (about tobacco)

Posters from other sources:

• “It’s not like you can buy a new brain,” poster from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• “Risks of vaping,” from MD Anderson Cancer Center.

• Posters from the FDA - tobacco related. 

Information and Programming Guides

• Internet resources on drug prevention, bullying, mental health, etc.

• RED RIBBON WEEK Ideas

• RED RIBBON WEEK Intercom Announcement Ideas

• Through with Chew Week Ideas

• Take Down Tobacco Day Ideas

• How to Conduct a Flash Mob

Bookmarks

• Healthy Choices — Tobacco Free

• Healthy Choices — Drug Free

• Tobacco is a Dead-End Street
  

activity and Coloring Pages

• I Can Say No

• Happy to be Tobacco-Free

• "Bee" Tobacco-Free

• "Bee" Drug-Free

Stickers

Our sticker sheets are formatted for printing on standard 2"x4" office labels.

• Don't Be A Target

• Next Generation

• Healthy and Tobacco Free

• Proud to Be Tobacco Free

• Tobacco is a Dead-End Street

MORE on E-CIGARETTES: On-line resources

• "E-Cigarettes Shaped Like USB Flash Drives," a brochure from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For parents, educators and health care providers.

• “Quick Facts on the Risks of E-cigarettes for Kids, Teens and Young Adults.” From the CDC. Scroll down to find fact sheets for parents, health care providers and educators.

• “E-Cigarettes: Talk to your Kids About the Risks.” This page from the CDC includes attractive, educational fact sheets, presentations and links for parents, health care providers, educators and adolescents. Be sure to check out the “One Brain” advertisement.

• American Cancer Society: “Health Risks of E-cigarettes.”

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: “E-Cigarettes, Vapes and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS.)”

Suggested calendar of anti-tobacco and anti-drug events for schools

National Above the Influence Day :  The third Thursday of October
Red Ribbon Week: The last week of October
Lung Cancer Awareness Month: November
Great American Smokeout: The third Thursday of November
Through with Chew Week: The third full week of February
Great American Spit Out is the Thursday of Through with Chew Week
Tobacco Prevention Day (Kick Butts Day): The third Wednesday of March
World No Tobacco Day: May 31