Smoking/ vaping education session for grade 4-6’s.

In weeks 1 and 2 of term 2, Nurse Emma will be delivering education sessions on the topic of smoking and vaping to all grade 4, 5 and 6 students.

During these lessons the students will learn about:

• What’s in a cigarette?
• What is vaping?
• Laws around vaping.
• Health effects/ risks of smoking or vaping and benefits to not smoking or vaping.
• Nicotine addiction.
• Peer pressure.

In week 1 of term 2, all parents/ careers of students in these grades will receive a DECYP fact sheet on vaping to help in understanding the impacts of vaping on young people and provide support in having conversations with your children around vaping.