REPORT VIOLATIONS
Help us prevent kids from using e-cigarette and tobacco products. Your report may help identify possible violations!
This includes reporting gas stations, convenient stores and smoke shops etc. who sell these products to minors, including counterfeit JUUL pods, sales of open packages (loose pods), free giveaways and sales in non-authorized venues.
NEWS
TAPinto Newark: Every day that passes without FDA finalizing the process and, more importantly, strictly enforcing existing rules means younger kids are starting to vape, drawn in by flavors, colorful packaging, and targeted social-media marketing. Congressional leaders are right in demanding action by the FDA, and we stand alongside them.
NPR: PAVe Advocate, Nancy Heredia-Villanueva, and Dorian Fuhrman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes, speak to NPR about the illegal e-cigarette black market and the importance of enforcement to curb the youth vaping epidemic.
MyCentralJersey: It may be harder to buy vaping devices if the Township Council adopts zoning regulations that restrict where they can be sold.
WEBSITES
Truth Initiatives’s This is Quitting Program
CATCH My Breath’s peer-led teaching approach empowers students with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about e-cigarettes and resist social pressures to vape.
This module provides an understanding of the inner workings of e-cigarettes, the content of the aerosols they produce, and thirdhand smoke. It's broken down into 5 units, each of which explore e-cigarettes in-depth.
The Facts About E-Cigarettes and Vaping. Women who are pregnant, youth, young adults, or adults who are not currently using tobacco products should not start vaping or using e-cigarettes.
The Dangers of E-cigarettes: As the use of traditional cigarettes has declined in recent years, many people are experimenting with e-cigarette products also known as; vape pens, vaporizers, hookah pens, tank system, mods, Juul, and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), without being aware of the risks and the potential for future nicotine addiction.
Recognizing the dangers of vaping, this best practices document was developed by Somerset County school district administrators in collaboration with the Somerset County Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Schools, Office of the Prosecutor, and the County Health Office.