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ANTI-VAPING AWARENESS

Navarro ISD believes in supporting parents and guardians to be more aware of the dangers of vaping. This site is a resource to help educate our community about the harmful effects of these devices and the legal ramifications of minors possessing them. We encourage you to review the information and even encourage your student to look at it with you to increase awareness and foster dialogue.

Empowering Youth To Live Vape Free

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. Informed by tobacco youth prevention researchers and practitioners, years of real world implementation, and a youth advisory board, it is the only school-based vaping prevention program proven to reduce the likelihood of vaping among youth.

CATCH My Breath is an evidence-based youth vaping prevention program for grades 5-12 that has been proven to substantially reduce students’ likelihood of vaping. The vape education program’s effectiveness was published in a peer-reviewed journal and the program is listed in SAMHSA’s Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series. Developed by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, the vape education program includes grade-level specific and health education standards-aligned classroom curriculum alongside a variety of engaging supplemental materials including STEM/Humanities/PE extensions, self-paced modules, and virtual field trips.

 

CATCH My Breath Vape Education Program

A young person holds a drawing with the message 'Be Smart Don't Start!' promoting vape prevention.

Informational graphic for the CATCH My Breath E-cigarette prevention program, with text and a visual of a vape pen.

Consequences

 

A minor charged for possession, purchase, consumption, or receipt of tobacco products (including e-cigarettes) can face criminal punishments, fines, and the court may also order the minor to attend an e-cigarette and tobacco awareness program.

Dab pens (vape devices with THC oil) carry much higher penalties. The possession of a DAB pen is a state jail felony regardless of the amount of THC oil contained within. At a minimum, the result of being charged could be 180 days in jail and up to a $10,000 fine.