Talking To Your Kids About Vaping

Health and well-being is a priority for all of us.

With growing concerns over vaping and youth in our community, local health experts have launched information about vaping and its side-effects.

Parents have a lot of questions and health concerns about their children being introduced to vaping, and we hope these resources are useful tools.

You can download Vaping resources from the Canadian Lung Association here.

You can access the BC Lung Foundation’s Vaping Health Education Toolkit here.

Additional resources on these topics for your teaching staff and parents are also available at Fraserhealth.ca:

• Vaping products
• Tobacco and youth
• Smoking and youth oral health
• Substance use in children and youth
• Cannabis

On November 14, 2019 the BC Ministers of Health, Finance and Education announced vaping restrictions to protect youth. The Ministry of Education is working on an action plan to protect youth against the harms of vaping.

Read the news release: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019HLTH0118-002192