Tobacco Free Rhode Island, October 2022 This resource outlines the current tobacco cessation resources in RI.
Tobacco / ENDS Products
Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series: Reducing Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, July 2020 The Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series is a comprehensive set of modules with resources to improve health outcomes for people at risk for, with, or recovering from mental and/or substance use...
Smoking Cessation; A Report of the Surgeon General
U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 2020 This report was prepared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the general direction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health...
Electronic Cigarettes
CDC, 2020 Get the facts about electronic cigarettes, their health effects and the risks of using e-cigarettes. Click here to access this resource.
Three Surprising Risks From Vaping
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2020 We’ve described the risks of vaping (using e-cigarettes like JUUL). Recently, we talked with a scientific expert on vaping and learned some other ways that it could harm a person’s health. We asked Dr. Kevin Walton—Chief of...
COVID-19: The Connection to Smoking and Vaping, and Resources for Quitting
Truth Initiative, 2020 The news about the COVID-19 global pandemic has everyone concerned. Those who smoke or vape e-cigarettes, or care about someone who does, may be especially worried because the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 attacks the lungs and could be a...
Quit for You, Quit for Your Loved Ones
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020 While most Americans understand that smoking cigarettes causes serious health effects, those who start smoking as youth or young adults may not realize smoking-related disease can happen relatively early in life....
On- Demand Webinar: The Impact of COVID-19 for Tobacco Users (+ How You Can Help)
Truth Initiative, 2020 With social distancing, “shelter-in-home” restrictions, stock market turbulence, and a spike in employees working from home, business as usual is no longer usual. For employees looking to quit tobacco, high stress levels surrounding the impact...
How to Quit Vaping-or Help Someone Quit- During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Truth Initiative, 2020 "With the coronavirus pandemic occurring at a time of record-high youth vaping in the United States, many, including the nation’s doctor, have raised concerns about whether e-cigarette use could make young people more susceptible to the virus....
The Real Cost of Vaping
Food and Drug Administration, 2020 As an educator, you can play an active role in fighting the teen vaping epidemic. FDA research suggests that when teachers talk about the health consequences of e-cigarettes and schools enforce anti-vaping policies, students may be...