Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)

Programs

Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)

Trinity County office of Education (TCOE) provides technical assistance to all of our districts by providing tobacco-free schools. TUPE is funded by two tax initiatives.

The 1988 Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of (also known as Prop 99)
The 2016 CA Healthcare, Research, and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act (Prop56)

Every Trinity County school district is receiving assistance to support Tobacco Use Prevention Education for students, staff and parents. TCOE works closely with each district to provide educational resources. Most of our school districts have a TUPE site coordinator and are using the Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit and the Catch My Breath curriculum to educate students on the effects of vaping. The use of tobacco,
e-cigarettes (vaping), and marijuana is strictly prohibited on all campuses.

Parent Resources

https://tupegems.ucsd.edu/assets/Toolkit.pdf

JUUL and E-Cigarette Side Effects

Quick Facts about the risks of Vaping

Tip Sheet for Parents

Know the Risks

The Teen Vaping Trend What Parents Need to Know

American Lung Association

Teen Vaping What You Need to Know

A Parents Guide To a New Epidemic

Educators

JUUL and E-Cigarettes

Stanford Prevention Education Toolkit

E-Cigarettes shaped like USB Drives

School E-cigarette Toolkit

CDE Funding

CDE Tobacco-Use Prevention

Tobacco FREE California

Isaiah Story Tobacco Vaping and Marijuana

TUPE Director

Ann Hill
TUPE Director
530-623-2861 ext. 232

TUPE Site Coordinators
Click here to view list

In the News

This health news is alarming. We have more evidence for our youth to hopefully keep them from vaping. And if they are vaping tobacco to motivate them to quit!

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-survey-links-vaping-to-higher-covid-19-risk/

On the upside, maybe social distancing will help some kids quit??

Healthline
How to Break-up with Vaping in 2020