Vaping Education for High School Students

Great News!

National Roll-out of OurFutures
Vaping Prevention Program

It’s official – the Australian Government is funding a nationwide roll-out of our Vaping Prevention program to year 7-8 students across the country.

The program is opt-in and is completely free. Read on to learn more about the program, or register today.

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Vaping Education for High School Students

Overview

Adolescent vaping and tobacco use is a concerning issue for schools around the world. To address this issue, the research team at the University of Sydney’s Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use have co-designed the OurFutures Vaping Prevention Program with educators and students, using the best available evidence. The OurFutures Vaping prevention program is undergoing evaluation in a cluster randomised controlled trial across 40 schools in NSW, QLD, and WA. This trial is Australia’s most rigorous evaluation of a vaping prevention program.

For vaping facts and information, click here.

How it works

This innovative vaping education program for high school students uses a social influence and harm-minimisation prevention approach across four lessons, each featuring:

A realistic and engaging illustrated cartoon story.
Activities, including class discussion prompts, role plays, quizzes, and worksheets.
Summary sheets to reinforce key content.
Teacher resources to support delivery.

Explore what’s in each vaping lesson

Explore more about this topic

Find out more about our school-based vaping prevention program trial

Read up-to-date vaping facts and information

Download the OurFutures Vaping Facts and Risks Infographic for your classroom.

Register your school at no cost to our vaping program

Recommended years

Years 7 and 8

Lessons

Four 40-minute lessons, including a 20-minute cartoon story.

Curriculum-mapped

The online OurFutures Vaping Prevention Program is mapped to national and state-based Health and Physical Education curricula. Visit our directory to view the mapping for your state.

Information pack

We’ve put together some marketing materials on our Vaping Prevention Program so that educators and other health & wellbeing professionals can share information and resources with their audience. Click here for the resource.