WE'VE GOT THE PREVENTION SOLUTION FOR TEEN VAPING!

Your organization strives to keep students healthy. AVOID can help you talk to students about the risk of vapes with an evidence-based prevention toolkit.

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Evidence-based Learning

Includes the most up-to-date scientific evidence about vaping, vetted by top experts in the field.
Increases students’ knowledge about vapes and builds perceived risks of vaping.
Reduces students’ intentions to begin vaping.
Provides discussion – and activity – based learning.

Turnkey, Ready-To-Use Toolkit

Presents step-by-step lessons that allow for immediate use by instructors, even those with limited prevention experience or vaping knowledge.
Includes five one-hour lessons with videos, discussion guides, and handouts.
Provides flexibility to adapt lessons to fit any schedule, venue, or group size.

Who is this Program For?

AVOID helps adults talk to kids about avoiding vapes. AVOID supports institutions who work with youth.

Community-based organizations

AVOID supports the prevention mission of coalitions and other outreach programs

Schools

AVOID can be implemented school wide to educate the student population

Individual teachers

AVOID’s lessons integrate with many science and health teaching standards

Parents

Parents can use the AVOID content to talk with their kids

Local community groups

Scout troops, clubs, after-school programs and others can use these lessons

Coaches

Vapes decrease sports performance. Teach your athletes why

Faith-based institutions

Educating our youth can be everyone’s mission

What does AVOID Contain?

AVOID contains brief educational videos and discussion guides. The videos engage students and provide information. The accompanying discussion guides help adults present these videos to kids and conduct a deeper conversation on topics that include:

What’s in vapes and who is using them?
What’s in vape “smoke”?
Physical consequences of vaping
Nicotine in vapes and risk of addiction
The harms associated with flavors
How the tobacco industry targets youth with vapes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is AVOID?

AVOID is a media-based online toolkit for vaping prevention programming with middle and high school students. The current AVOID toolkit includes five one-hour lessons with videos, discussion guides, and handouts for immediate implementation by a facilitator.

Is AVOID evidence-based?

In a word – yes! AVOID was developed with a strong science-base, with vetting from top tobacco researchers and prevention practitioners. A pretest/posttest evaluation of AVOID’s core components with over 200 students found that exposure to the AVOID materials effectively changes knowledge about vaping, perceptions of risk about vaping, and lowers intentions to vape at statistically significant levels.

What do I need to implement AVOID in my school/organization?

AVOID is designed for turnkey use. Facilitators need Internet access to download the videos, discussion guides, and handouts. Each discussion guide provides step-by-step instructions and a list of materials needed for the activities, such as large sheets of paper, writing instruments, and a whiteboard. We also recommend printing copies of the handouts for participating students.

How long are the lessons included in AVOID?

Each AVOID lesson is designed to be completed in around an hour. However, the lessons are customizable and can be shortened or lengthened depending on time constraints. The discussion guides estimate the time to complete each activity, allowing you to customize as necessary by shortening or extending discussions.