In 2025, Parents Against Vaping is thrilled to continue Clear the Vapor Conversations, an exciting year-long series inspired by our successful Clear the Vapor conference! Our 2024 series drew nearly 10,000 registrants and thousands of live attendees.
Like the conference, Clear the Vapor Conversations convenes researchers, public health advocates, and leading experts as they participate in informative discussions held throughout the year. The series addresses a variety of topics including: environmental harms caused by vaping; “creative” vaping cessation ideas; and engaging youth to quit. Each event features a moderated discussion with your questions answered live.
Join us on Wednesday, February 26 at 1:00PM ET for From Awareness to Action: How To Advocate Against Youth Vaping, featuring advocacy expert Shellie Bressler.
With nearly 30 years of experience on Capitol Hill, Ms. Bressler knows exactly how to make your voice heard. In this webinar, she’ll break down how you can take direct action against the harms of youth vaping—whether by engaging with your community, contacting legislators, or pushing for policy change.
📅 Wednesday, February 26th | 1 PM ET
💻 Virtual event | $10 registration fee
Don’t miss this opportunity to turn awareness into action. Register below!
Shellie Bressler served in various capacities on Capitol Hill for nearly 30 years, including in both the Majority and the Minority, in House and Senate personal offices, on three Committees staffs, as well as for a member in Senate Leadership. During her years on Capitol Hill, Shellie met with thousands of constituents and interest groups. From these experiences, Shellie has extensive knowledge of how to effectively present information to Members of Congress and their staffs. Currently, she educates large and small organizations on how to effectively advocate and communicate with Members of Congress and their staffs. She has conducted webinars and moderated role playing exercises to prepare advocates for both in person and virtual Capitol Hill visits.
During her time on Capitol Hill, Shellie spent three years as a Senior Professional Staff Member for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she was a part of the Oversight and Investigations team overseeing programs conducted by the U.S. Department of State, USAID, and related agencies, with a focus on global health programs, the Peace Corps, and international adoption policy. Shellie also served six years as a Senior Professional Staff Member focusing on global health matters and gender equality issues for the Republican staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She was the lead Senate Republican staffer for the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Reauthorization Act of 2008 (known as PEPFAR).
Prior to joining the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, Shellie spent eight years in Senator Richard Lugar’s (R-IN) personal office where she advised Senator Lugar on economic policy, three years in the office of Senator Connie Mack (R-FL) where she advised Senator Mack on banking, Medicaid, welfare, labor and pensions issues, and four years on the staff of the Senate Banking Committee.
Shellie is a Senior Stennis Congressional Fellow and a senior member of the Woodrow Wilson Foreign Policy Congressional Fellows program. She is originally from Memphis, Tennessee, and received her BA in political science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Donate to Parents Against Vaping to receive access to last year’s series, which includes the following specialized webinars:
Vapes Pollute Our Earth: Youth as Advocates, Not Customers with Dr. Jeremiah Mock
Vaping Unplugged: Teen Voices on Risks and Recovery with Kyle Wimmer and Cynthia Stremba
Behind the Cloud: Unmasking Risks of E-cigarettes & Cannabis for Youth w/ Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
Ask the Expert with Best-Selling Author and Parenting Expert Julie Ross
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Parents Against Vaping is a national advocacy and education nonprofit powered by parent volunteers fighting youth tobacco use and the predatory practices of Big Tobacco. We support ending the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes, and all menthol and flavored tobacco products. Parents Against Vaping is an influential force across the country, training our volunteers to advocate at the local, state, and national levels and empowering parents to educate others in their own communities.
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