Tobacco Use Prevention

The Montana OPI School Tobacco Use Prevention and Education program provides technical assistance and resources to Montana school districts.

The purpose of the program is to:

Expand and strengthen the capacity of local education agencies to prevent and reduce youth tobacco use in coordination with the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Provide technical assistance to public schools by promoting compliance with the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act and in the development of tobacco free school policies.

Available to Montana Schools

Check out the ME journal we offer students.

Tobacco Free Campus Sign

Safe Disposal of E-Cigarettes &
Nicotine Waste from the FDA

Facts About Montana Schools

OPI Staff are here to help:

Dr. Beth Dominicis Program Specialist - Tobacco Use Prevention Education

Meet the Coordinated School Health Team

Addressing Youth Tobacco Use With Restorative Practices

Alternative to Suspension Resources

American Heart Association Tobacco-Free Schools Toolkit

Addressing Youth Tobacco Use in Montana Schools with Restorative Practices

Restorative Practice Resources for Schools

Alternative Measures - Student Commercial Tobacco Use In Schools - Public Health Law Center

Lincoln Academy Takes New Approach to Vaping

Strategies for Enforcement: Practical Tips for Enforcing Your Tobacco-free Schools Policy – RMC Health

Healthy Futures Alternative to Suspension Curriculum Stanford Medicine

INDEPTH Alternative to Suspension Program American Lung Association

Montana Tobacco Free School Districts of Excellence

Montana Tobacco Free School Districts of Excellence (MTFSDE) List

District Guide for Policy Assessment

Current Smoker Trend Data - Comprehensive Tobacco-free Policy has helped reduce youth smoking rates in Montana

Parent Resources

Montana Youth and E-Cigarettes: Know the Facts Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program

American Lung Association :Talk about Vaping

E -Cigarettes and Youth: What Parents Need to Know Centers for Disease Control

FDA Parent Resources

Idaho PBS - Nic Sick: The Dangers of Youth Vaping

Parents Against Vaping E Cigs Resources

What You Can Do to Protect youth From the Harms of Vaping - Centers for Disease Control

Tobacco Prevention Education Resources for Schools

Vaping

HIGHLIGHTED RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS

Catch My Breath V aping Prevention CATCH and CVS Health Foundation

Empower Vape-Free Youth from the CDC

Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit - Stanford Medicine

Healthy Futures - Alternative to Suspension (Stanford)

You and Me, Together Vape-Free Curriculum (Stanford) Middle School and High School

Elementary Lesson 1 - Elementary Lesson 2 (Downloads)

Vaping Prevention and Education - Resources for Talking With Students (FDA)

Vaping: Know the Truth Truth Initiative

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

ASPIRE - MD Anderson - Self Directed Tobacco Use Prevention Program - Online

Is It Worth It? Young Minds Inspired - Middle School Lesson Plans

Behind the Haze - A website for teens from Rescue Agency

Be Vape Free: Just the Facts Virtual Field Trip 20 minute vaping prevention video

Current Tobacco Trends and Impacts on Montana Youth - OPI Learning Hub

E-Cigarettes: An Overview of Key Issues Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Electronic Cigarettes - What's the Bottom Line? - Centers for Disease Control

How Nicotine Affects the Teen Brain - From the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Scholastic

Sholastic Interactive: The Dangers of Vaping

Is it worth it? - National Association of School Nurses Classroom Poster Student Toolkit

Real Cost - FDA media campaign to prevent youth tobacco use

Vaping & E-Cigarettes: A Toolkit For Working With Youth

Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco, & Cigars

ASPIRE - MD Anderson - Self Directed Tobacco Use Prevention Program - Online

Get Smart About Tobacco Grades 3-5 Grades 6-7 Scholastic/CVS

HECAT:Module T Tobacco Use Prevention Curriculum Assessment Tool

Indian Education for All - Model Lesson Plan for Teaching About Uses of Tobacco

Integrating Art to Reduce Student Tobacco Use - OPI Teacher Learning Hub Course

Real Cost - FDA media campaign to prevent youth tobacco use

Tobacco Prevention Toolkit Stanford Medicine

Alternatives to Suspension

CDC - Alternatives to Suspension for Schools

Healthy Futures Alternative to Suspension Curriculum Stanford Medicine

My Healthy Future - Online, self-paced alternative to suspension designed to be completed independently by students in 40-60 minutes.

Our Healthy Futures - Two or four hour alternative to suspension courses requiring a facilitator.

INDEPTH Alternative to Suspension Program American Lung Association

Free Posters and Coloring Pages

Free Posters - Tobacco Use Prevention Posters from the FDA

Coloring Pages for Classrooms

Elementary School Resources

Samantha Skunk - Pre K- 2nd grade - Created by Professor William M Scott from the University of New Hampshire - now run by Dover Youth to Youth.

Prevention Lessons from Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (Register for Access to K-12 Nicotine Prevention Lessons and 9-12 grade Fentanyl Prevention Lessons)