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Join Us for the Paso del Norte Tobacco Control Network’s Biennial Summit - November 1
October 15, 2024
Join us for the Paso del Norte Tobacco Control Network’s Biennial Summit on emerging youth trends in vaping, tobacco, and cannabis use.
The summit will focus on emerging commercial tobacco products among youth, explore the relationship between cannabis (THC) & nicotine use and their effects, share local resources to help persons quit tobacco, and close with strategies for youth tobacco prevention & intervention.
Friday, November 1, 2024
8:00 am to 1:30 pm
El Paso Community College Administration Building A
9050 Viscount Blvd, El Paso, TX 79925
Interested participants: community practitioners, law enforcement, healthcare providers & clinicians, social workers, counselors, school & district personnel, and community.
Register by clicking on the link. (https://forms.gle/H21VJzDvdovUtEHJ7)
For more information, contact Kristen Ortega & Gethsemane Acosta at asmokefreepdn@gmail.com.
This event is supported by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation and its A Smoke Free Paso del Norte Initiative.
PDNHF Initiative: A Smoke-Free Paso del Norte
Although current youth smoking rates have decreased, the use of electronic cigarettes and youth vaping has now overtaken smoking. According to the recent National Youth Tobacco Survey, E-cigarettes were the most commonly ever used tobacco product overall. Less is known about vaping, but science confirms that nicotine negatively affects the adolescent brain and is addictive. E-cigarette use among youth also is linked with use of other tobacco products as well as alcohol and marijuana abuse.
Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States.
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Foundation Staff: Audrey Garcia
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