Level two includes about a quarter of Virginia high school students who report experimenting with substance use. We recommend the following resources to support the youth in refraining from further substance use.
Level Two Resources
Early Intervention
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| INDEPTH –An Alternative to Suspension or Citation: American Lung Association | Instead of solely focusing on punitive measures, INDEPTH is an interactive program that teaches students about nicotine dependence, establishing healthy alternatives and how to kick the unhealthy addiction that got them in trouble in the first place. INDEPTH is taught by any trained adult in four, 50-minutes sessions. Each session addresses a different tobacco-related issue and can be facilitated either one-on-one or in a groupsetting. | Best for youth between theages of 11-18 in middle or high schools. Any adult can complete the online INDEPTH training, and receive a step-by-step guide that can be used to plan and implement the INDEPTH program at their school or community-based organization. | The free INDEPTH facilitator training canbeaccessed on the American Lung Association website. The training can be taken as a stand–alonetraining but is recommended to be taken within the N-O-T (Not On Tobacco) facilitator training. |
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NOT for Me is a self-guided, mobile-friendly online program that leverages the American Lung Association’s Not On Tobacco (N-O-T)® program to help teens break nicotine dependency, whether they vape, smoke or use other tobacco products. |
Best for teens or adults (parents or helping professionals). |
The N-O-T (Not On Tobacco) for Me free and available on the American Lung Association website. |
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Information and resources to quit vaping and stay vape-free. Includes resources, quit planning tools, and information to assist with quitting vaping. |
Best for teens or adults (parents or helping professionals). |
Information is freely available on the website. |
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Vaping education program for grades 8-12 from EVERFI and The Truth Initiative. Four 5-10 minute digital lessons that could be delivered on individual basis and in a classroom setting. Focus is on education and prevention but also provides access to the text message quit vaping program, This is Quitting. |
Best for adults seeking to engage youth between the ages of 11-18 in middle or high schools or other community/education settings. |
EVERFI secures community partners to sponsor K-12 schools so all EVERFI lessons, resources, and support so they’re always free for districts. Teachers, providers, and students can access the content on EVERFI.com. |
Cessation
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BecomeAnEX (‘EX’): Truth Initiative®and Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center |
This program also offers 24/7 support in the EX Community from former smokers, information about addiction and medications to help with quitting, text messaing support and conversation guides for parents, and there are interactive tools and videos for quitting teqhnices for parents to pass along to their children such as building a quit plan. |
Adults, young adults, and parents with teens who smoke, vape, dip, or chew. |
Access is free but an account is required. |
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The first-of-its-kind program to help young people quit vaping, This is Quitting has helped nearly 400,000 youth and young adults on their journey to quit vaping. Learn more about how it works and the additional resources available for parents of young vapers and for adults who want to quit. |
This is Quitting is tailored based on age (within 13 to 24 years old) and product usage to give teens and young adults appropriate recommendations about quitting. |
Teens and young adults can join for free by texting DITCHVAPE to 88709 |
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Live Vape Free Virginia is a free service offering professional support and expert advice to parents and teens.The program educates young people about the harms of vaping and offers the support they need to quit and empowers parents to have productive conversations with their teens about the risks of vaping. |
Best for teens and parents |
Services can be accessed for free on the Live Vape Free website. |