Resources About Youth Tobacco Cessation for Parents and Caregivers
It can be scary to learn your child is using commercial tobacco products. These resources can help you talk with them about the dangers of tobacco use and identify strategies for quitting. Support is available for you and your child.
Get the Facts
Information for parents and caregivers on types of
products youth may use, the health impacts of use and current youth use trends.- Overview of Youth Tobacco Use
- E-cigarettes and Youth: What Parents Need to Know (CDC) (PDF)
- Nicotine Pouches and Young People (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids) (PDF)
- Tobacco Prevention Toolkit (Stanford Medicine REACH Lab)
- E-Cigarettes and Lung Health (American Lung Association)
- E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products Visual Dictionary (CDC) (PDF)
- Nicotine Addiction and Mental Health: Breaking the Cycle (Society of Behavioral Medicine)
- Tobacco Facts (American Lung Association)
- Colliding Crises: Youth Mental Health and Nicotine Use (Truth Initiative)
- What is Zyn and what are oral nicotine pouches? (Truth Initiative)
Talk to Young People about Tobacco Use
Communicating With a Teen About Vaping
From Live Vape Free, tips on how to talk to your child about vaping.
Reduce Access to Nicotine Products
Information on identifying what vapes might look like and where young people get
products.Support a Quit Attempt
Start with determining the level of dependency. The American Academy of Pediatrics created a tool to walk parents and guardians through the “Ask-Counsel-Treat” quiz. This quiz makes it easy to advise youth on nicotine dependence and recommend the next steps for treatment. This is a guideline. Some children may need to try more than one program or nicotine replacement therapy to successfully quit.
There are a number of programs designed specifically to help young people quit
products. Read more about the options available to help youth quit.Nicotine Replacement Therapy is also available to help youth quit commercial tobacco products. Learn about Nicotine Replacement Therapy for young people.