Imagine you are putting away the dinner that you prepared for your family while your husband is watching television and your 17-year-old son has retreated to his room. While your son has been an athlete and has not given you …
E-cigs: “Safer” Does Not Mean Safe!
E-cigarettes entered the U.S. marketplace around 2007, and since 2014, they have been the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. youth. The sharp rise in e-cigarette use has resulted in an increase in overall youth tobacco product use for …
Summer’s Here: Alcohol Vigilance is Especially Important!
Summer is finally here! Many young people sometimes think that the laws and rules they follow in their home towns during the school year don’t apply as much when they are away for the summer–that includes responsible behavior regarding alcohol.…
How Does Alcohol Advertising Really Affect Our Youth?
Ads are everywhere! They’re on TV, websites, within stores/malls, and along the side of the road. Now, they are making their way onto social media platforms, smartphone apps, and games. Just like ads, teens are everywhere, and they are absorbing …
Youth & Tobacco Use – What the CDC Has to Say
“Youth use of tobacco in any form is unsafe,” according to the CDC. Flavorings, packaging, and misconceptions about the safety of vaping have led to an increase in electronic cigarettes among middle and high school students.
To learn more, …
Do You Know about Know!® ?
If not, you are missing out on some great resources that not only cover drugs, alcohol and tobacco, but other issues like peer pressure, bullying, self-image, etc. that teens deal with.
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What Is the Truth about e-cigarettes?
There’s a lot of misconceptions about e-cigarettes and how they can affect our health. What we do know is that e-cigarettes do, in fact, contain nicotine, and nicotine is addictive.
To learn more about e-cigarettes, visit the link below:
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Trying to Quit Smoking? Try the GTQL!
YOU can quit smoking TODAY! Improve your chances of quitting by calling the Georgia Tobacco Quit Line (GTQL). When you are ready, they are there.
English: 1-877-270-7867
Spanish: 1-855 DEJELO-YA
Hours of Operation: 24/7. Every day, including holidays.
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Opiod PSA
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) has recently released a PSA regarding opioids and Georgia’s Good Samaritan Law.
To check out this PSA, visit the web link below:
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The Dangers of E-Cigarettes
Featured in the Johns Hopkins Newsletter , a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that e-cigarettes not only deliver nicotine which can lead to addiction, but can lead to an increased risk in cardiac arrest …