Resources for Schools
Policy Recommendation from the Public Health Law Center
Effective solutions to school policy violations focus on education about nicotine and addiction to help youth succeed in quitting rather than punishing them.
“Using punitive measures like suspension and expulsion to penalize student violations for a school commercial tobacco policy is not reasonable, considering the targeted marketing, science of addiction, and long-term consequences associated with expulsion and suspension.”
Alternative to Suspension: INDEPTH, (Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health), from the American Lung Association, is an interactive program that teaches students about nicotine dependence, establishing healthy alternatives and how to kick the unhealthy addiction that got them in trouble in the first place. The Lung Association offers free facilitator training for schools that want to implement the program. Learn More
Recommended Curriculum & Educational Resources:
CATCH My Breath Free School Curriculum
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Meets Several National Academic Standards
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Short, Easy-to-Use Lessons
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Includes: Teacher Presentations & Peer- Facilitated Group Work
American Lung Association
N-O-T: Not On Tobacco
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Interactive learning activities
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Uses a Small Group Format
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Short Interactive
Presentation for Students
with Talking Points
for Presenters
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
& Scholastic
Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit
Offers choices of 1, 5, 8, and
10-session curriculum
with facilitator instructions
