Since 2023, we have been designing and delivering a suite of interventions to prevent youth vaping and support its cessation including:
- Educational workshops for young people, parents and school staff
- Social media campaign
- Resource packs for parents and professionals working with young people
Our intervention options were co-designed with over 750 young people through interviews, focus groups and surveys, using behaviour science and recent literature to inform content, messaging and design.
Workshops
Our Kick the Cloud workshops for young people cover:
- Information on vapes, and risks of vaping
- Trends of vaping in young people
- Where to go to for support to stop vaping
- Top tips for stopping vaping
We have delivered our evidence-based workshops to over 600 children and young people in the UK, who found it enjoyable, interactive and informative:
Following the workshop young people showed:
- Reduction in the number who desired to vape
- Increased knowledge where to go for support
- Reduction in the number of those who intended to vape in the future
We also deliver workshops to parents and professionals who work with young people. These include tips on how to support a young person to stop vaping, drawing on a motivational interviewing.
Social media campaign
Our Kick the Cloud social media campaign, developed with young people includes 4 short social media friendly videos and 14 images on the following vaping-related topics:
- Health risks of vaping
- Chemicals in vapes
- Financial costs of vaping
- Illegal vapes
Check our our video on Health Risks here.
Resource packs
We have co-developed, with young people, informative resource packs, incorporating existing resources around vaping that are available online, including lesson plans, informational webpages and videos. We also developed additional resources, as informed by our insights gathering, including:
- Posters/leaflets around vaping
- A lesson plan for the Kick the Cloud workshop for young people and a version of the slides with a script