You and Me, Hawai'i Vape-Free
In collaboration with and partial funding from the Hawai'i Community Foundation, this curriculum was developed to reach local and Native Hawaiian students in Hawai'i but is also generally applicable to Pacific Islander students.
As part of the Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, the You and Me, Hawai'i Vape-Free curriculum is a theory-based and evidence-informed curriculum created by the Stanford REACH Lab as well as by our Youth Action Board, educators, healthcare providers, and scientists across the U.S.
The Elementary School level consists of 2 lessons that discuss the health effects of nicotine, marketing tactics used to trick keiki, how nicotine affects our ʻāina and lāhui, and healthy coping skills.
The Middle School level consists of 3 lessons on the effects of nicotine on the developing brain and body, on being vigilant about avoiding marketing tricks, and on the ties between the 'āina, our lāhui, and our wellbeing.
The High School level consists of 2 lessons. The first lesson can be taught as a standalone lesson, and the second builds upon the topics introduced in the first. So, feel free to use this whether you are in the classroom once or on multiple occasions!
Not enough time to do the full lessons? Feel free to teach this standalone lesson, that is approximately one hour! This standalone lesson is around middle-school level.