Talking to Your Child About Vaping: A Guide for Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers

The American Lung Association's course Talking to Your Child About Vaping: A Guide for Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers is a free one-hour interactive online learning module designed to help parents, guardians and caregivers talk to their child about vaping and nicotine in the best possible way. This course is ideal for parents, guardians or caregivers of children ages 8 to 20, and parents, guardians or caregivers of children who have a history of using tobacco and nicotine products.
This program will teach participants to:
- Recognize the signs that your child is using tobacco or nicotine-based products
- Deliver an impactful message in an effective way to prevent or intervene
- Utilize resources for prevention, or to effectively intervene and support a child during the quitting process
One of the highlights of this learning module is the Parent Investigator – Vapor Trail Game. This interactive game allows participants to search for signs of tobacco use in a child's bedroom.
Talking to Your Child About Vaping: A Guide for Parents, Guardians, and Caregiver also offers three different modules: Overview, Prevention, and Intervention. Users will be able to choose their pathway. If they are interested in just tobacco use prevention, they can choose Module 2: Prevention. If they have already spotted a problem with their child using tobacco products, they can choose Module 3: Intervention. Users can choose to take all modules as well, which we recommend they do.