Parent Alert July 2019 Tobacco 21 If you haven’t heard, Tobacco 21 was a success: Ohio raised the age of sale and purchase of tobacco products to age 21. What does this mean? Those under 21 cannot legally buy cigarettes, cigars, vape pens or any other tobacco products. Store owners will have to check IDs…

the federal Centers for Disease Control   https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm   and the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory on vaping https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/surgeon-generals-advisory-on-e-cigarette-use-among-youth-2018.pdf   the complete U.S. Surgeon General’s report can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/e-cigarettes/index.htm   for national usage rates you can check out Monitoring the Future: http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/18drugpr.pdf   SAMHSA Tips for Teens regarding e-cigarettes https://store.samhsa.gov/product/tips-for-teens-e-cigarettes/pep19-12

Parent Alerts February 2019   Have you been exercising your Parent Power? You have it, so why not use it? Just like our muscles, if you don’t use it, you lose it. And, for as much as youth test us, they also want clear guidelines. It’s also not as complicated as you might think.  …

Vaping   Resources: U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/surgeon-generals-advisory-on-e-cigarette-use-among-youth-2018.pdf Schools Respond to the Rise of Student Vaping https://www.edutopia.org/article/schools-respond-rise-student-vaping Vaping in Schools: 3 Million Students and Counting http://neatoday.org/2018/11/14/vaping-in-schools/ National Adolescent Drug Trends (from Monitoring the Future) – vaping is on the rise and represents the largest year-to-year increase in substance abuse recorded in this country for 10th…