Vaping can hold you back.

Are you going to let vaping get in the way of you doing you? Vaping can hold you back, waste your money, and kill your vibe. Ask yourself: Is it worth it?

To vibe, or to vape?

Big tobacco marketing has led teens to believe that vaping doesn’t have risks. That is simply not true. You deserve to know the truth and make your own decision to avoid vapes.

Nicotine
Angst

Brains

Kid-sized
Addiction

Vaping
Distraction

1 in 4 high schoolers were current
vape users in 2019

1 in 10 middle schoolers were current
vape users in 2019

Vapes contain many harmful substances including  metals like lead and nickel, toxic chemicals, bacteria, and fungi.


Vape use may lead to nausea, choking, coughing, vomiting, headache, drowsiness, delirium, hallucinations, and even seizures.

 

“We have bigger things to worry about like climate change and the ecosystem. We don’t have time to get caught up in vaping."

- KELLY

Vibe not Vape

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Wake up and smell the roses

Wake up and smell the roses

Gaming
Congratulations to KDHRC researchers Nikki Wanty, Joncel Stephens, and president Kristen Holtz, for their recent publication in the Journal of Clinical Medicine!...
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Doing a cross country road trip

Doing a cross country road trip

Gaming
In late August, KDHRC attended the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While in attendance, KDHRC presented...
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We encountered a food paradise

We encountered a food paradise

Gaming
To promote AVOID, a media-based online toolkit for vape prevention for youth ages 12 to 16, and gain program development insight from leaders in the anti-drug community...
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