Vaping among youth has risen dramatically in recent years. TSET is working to stop this trend before a lifetime of addiction takes hold.
A survey of more than 200 teens across Oklahoma found that 75% of those who vape would like to reduce their use.
Many respondents reported trying to quit, some as many as 10 times or more. This indicates that young people in Oklahoma may benefit from additional quit resources.
Quit the Hit, the newest component of the TSET Healthy Youth Initiative, is a response to that need.
Quit the Hit is a free, web-based program designed to reduce youth e-cigarette use by meeting teens where they are – on social media. It provides teens and young adults with five weeks of free online peer-to-peer support, quit tools and coping strategies via a moderator-led cessation group on Instagram.
Quit the Hit is currently enrolling participants.
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The TSET Board of Directors awarded $90,000 to school districts and school sites across Oklahoma through the TSET Healthy Incentive Grant Program at their quarterly board meeting this month.
The Healthy Schools Incentive Grant Program focuses on strengthening policies and practices to improve school nutrition, increase physical activity, improve student wellbeing and provide tobacco-free environments for students, staff and faculty.
TSET congratulates the following:
- School Districts:
- Oklahoma School for the Deaf in Murray County: $3,000
- North Rock Creek Public Schools in Pottawatomie County: $6,000
- Clinton Public Schools in Custer County: $15,500
- Davis Public Schools in Murray County: $15,000
- Ringling Public Schools in Jefferson County: $15,000
- School Sites:
- Chamberlain Middle School in Major County: $2,000
- Central Elementary School in McCurtain County: $7,500
- Primary South Elementary in McCurtain County: $7,500
- Tonkawa Elementary School in Kay County: $4,000
- Zion Public School in Adair County: $7,500
- Granite Secondary School in Greer County: $2,000
- Granite Elementary School in Greer County: $2,000
- Jay Middle School in Delaware County: $3,000
Click HERE for more information about TSET Healthy Schools Incentive Grants or contact Laura Matlock, program officer, at lauram@tset.ok.gov or by calling 405-764-4668.
Perspective: Julie Bisbee in The Journal Record
Oklahoma attracts some of the brightest minds in science. Read more about Dr. Lurdes Queimado's work to maximize the effectiveness of cancer treatment at the Health Promotion Research Center in Oklahoma City.
Learn more about proposed legislation that would improve Oklahoma health by increasing food security and protecting children from secondhand smoke.
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The TSET Healthy Youth Initiative’s Swap Up campaign won Silver at the International Muse Awards for Video Public Service & Activism.
The MUSE Creative Awards were created by the International Awards Associate (IAA) in 2015. IAA’s mission is to honor, promote and encourage creativity by providing a new standard of excellence for evaluating media design production and distribution.
In addition, the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline was honored with three ADDY Awards by the OKC Ad Club.
Two silver-level awards were won in the Corporate Social Responsibility category recognizing both the radio spot featuring a testimonial from Chase Hammontree and the overall Reasons to Quit testimonial campaign.
The gold award for Film, Video & Sound was earned for Chase’s diaper testimonial where he shared a story about wanting to buy cigarettes over diapers for his young child.
Averaging more than a thousand entries that represent dozens of agencies from the OKC and Tulsa area, the ADDY Awards competition has achieved the status as a “must-attend” industry event.
In episode 24 of the TSET Better Health Podcast, take a tour through some of the inspiring stories from TSET's Healthy Living Program (HLP), which seeks to lessen the burden of unhealthy behaviors before they take root. TSET HLP grants are designed to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease by preventing and reducing tobacco use and obesity on a local level. Currently, 28 organizations are working in 30 counties under TSET HLP grants.
Hear from coordinators Melinda Caldwell, Arianna Derr and Hillary Mead about how they're collaborating with local leaders and organizations to improve the health of their communities.
"You know, public health work – it takes time. Large, sustainable changes take time. They don't happen overnight," said Caldwell. "And so to see throughout my time in Payne County how the passing of a policy has truly affected a community - or how sidewalks have affected a community - it’s really exciting to see those things happen."
Available on TSET's website and everywhere podcasts are listened to: Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, PodBean, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts.
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