Session 4: Your Life. Your Choice. CATCH My Breath Session 4: Your Life. Your Choice. Suggested length: 35 minutes

Who are advertisers trying to appeal to with these candy flavors? E-cigarette Flavors Hawaiian Punch Gummy bears S’mores Skittles Cotton candy Sweet Tarts Fruit Loops Banana Split Cool Cucumber Introduction (5 min.) Ask students: Why do you think the E-cigarette and tobacco industry make E-cigarettes with candy flavors like gummy bears, cotton candy and s’mores? Who are they trying to appeal to? Review the safety concerns for the 8,000+ flavor chemicals that can be added to E-cigarettes: The flavor chemicals are listed as GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe), BUT this is only for ingestion (eating). FEMA, the organization in charge of the GRAS list, specifically say these flavors should not be inhaled. Why? The digestive system has the liver to detoxify the chemicals you eat and drink. There is no such system in your lungs. Who are advertisers trying to appeal to with these candy flavors?

The E-cigarette Facts Most sweet, candy, and fruit-flavored E-cigarettes contain nicotine. From 2014-2016, there was an average of about 238 E-cigarette related calls to U.S. poison control centers per month. Nicotine liquid (AKA E-juice) is very harmful and possibly fatal to a developing fetus, babies and toddlers. Share the facts: Most sweet, candy, and fruit-flavored E-cigarettes contain nicotine. Nicotine liquid (AKA, E-juice) is very harmful and possibly fatal for a developing fetus, babies and toddlers. From 2014-2016, the average number of U.S. poison control center calls for E-cigarettes was 238 per month.

You are a powerful role model to young children. How would you feel about younger siblings or cousins getting a hold of or smoking an E-cigarette? What would happen if they drank the E-juice? Ask students: How would you feel about your younger cousins or siblings getting hold of or smoking an E-cigarette. What would happen if they drank the E-juice?

Review What information about E-cigarettes stood out to you most over the course of this program? Class poll: With all this new information, do you feel more empowered to make your own choice about E-cigarette use? Direct Instruction (5 min.) Ask students which information about E-cigarettes stood out to them most over the course of the four 4 sessions. Compile a class list. Class poll: With all this new information, do you feel more empowered to make your own choice about E-cigarette use?

The Real Cost: Hacked (click to play video) Watch The Real Cost: Hacked. Link: https://catchinfo.org/the-real-cost/

Refusal skills If you didn’t have time to finish last week’s refusal skill activity, please do so now.

Good luck! Congratulations! You have completed the CATCH My Breath Youth E-cigarette Prevention Program. You now have all the information you need to make informed choices about E- cigarette usage. Good luck! Congratulate students on completing the CATCH My Breath Youth E-cigarette Prevention Program.