OurFutures National Vaping Prevention Education

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to roll out a national vaping prevention education program to all year 7 and 8 students over four years (2024-25 to 2027-28). The program will educate students, teachers and schools about the health harms from e-cigarettes/vaping. The program will raise awareness with young people about the health harms of vaping and empower young people to not commence vaping, thereby reducing and preventing nicotine addiction in Australia. This program is needed as the rates of vaping have increased significantly in recent years particularly among young people. These findings underline the critical need to implement public health initiatives, such as this program, to reduce e-cigarette use and prevent its uptake among adolescents in Australia. The objectives of the grant opportunity are: • Rollout a national vaping education program to raise awareness of the harms of vaping to secondary school students in Australia • Provide evidence-based information, normative education, and resistance skills training using a harm minimisation and comprehensive social influence approach • Respond to the widespread request from schools for government assistance in tackling this public health issue • Provide vaping education and interventions that are accessible to all young Australians, with equal opportunities regardless of school resources To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.