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During adolescence, youth experience a variety of changes: physical, social, emotional, and mental. As youth navigate their day, they may experience stressors from school to peers to family. Some youth may turn to e-cigarettes and/or cannabis vapes to relieve stress and as a coping mechanism. This lesson will review stress, how to manage stress in a healthy way, and ways to support a friend who is dealing with stress, with the ultimate goal of helping you not turn to e-cigarettes to reduce your stress.

Learning Objectives

By hearing and participating in this lesson, students will:


  • Define what is stress. 

  • Identify triggers and causes of stress.

  • Contrast healthy and unhealthy ways to cope with stress.

  • Practice and apply strategies to manage stress.

  • Practice ways to manage the stress of friends who vape (responding with compassion and empathy).

  • Discover which individual strategy to reduce stress works best for them.

  • Destigmatize mental health and substance use.

Key Takeaways

  • Stress is a part of everyone’s life.

  • There are healthy ways to cope with stress.

  • Using e-cigarettes and/or cannabis vapes are an unhealthy way to cope with stress.

  • Stigma of substance use may worsen mental health and underlying stressor.

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Lesson 5 HS - Talking Points

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Lesson 5 HS - Discussion Guides

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Lesson 5 HS - Kahoot!

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