You can fight the tobacco and vaping industries’ efforts to make their products sweet, cheap, and easy to get for young people. Here’s how (En Español):
- Contact your child’s school and let them know you are concerned. Ask them what they are doing to address the use of e-cigarettes at school. Refer them to the “For Schools” section of this website and encourage them to utilize the Different Products. Same Dangers. campaign materials.
- Use the interactive map to find out what policies your city or town has in place to protect youth from tobacco and vaping industry tactics. For example, policies such as restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products to adult-only retail establishments (such as tobacconists or vape shops) make the many appealing flavors of e-cigarettes unavailable to youth under the legal sales age.
- Once you know what policies your city or town has, talk with your local board of health, elected town officials, and legislators.
- Spread the word. Many people think that vaping is harmless. It’s not, and nearly one in four high school students report currently using e-cigarettes.
- Contact your local Tobacco-Free Community Partnership to learn more about tobacco and vaping in your community and engage with other community members. Tobacco-Free Community Partnership programs work to reduce the tobacco and vaping industries’ influence in cities and towns across Massachusetts.
