Category: Prevention
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Flavored Tobacco and Youth
Many youths who started vaping, stated the reason they do is because they come in a variety of flavors. Let’s help our youth stay tobacco-free! To learn more visit
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Too Good for Drugs
SILVER SPRINGS – Healthy Communities Coalition hosted Too Good For Drugs facilitator training on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 19-20th. Twenty-five attendees from Lyon County School District and Community Chest – from […]
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Level Up and Take Back control
Quitting can be hard for adolescents due to the high nicotine levels that are that is masked with flavoring. Help teens make the decision to quit and take back control! […]
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Experimenting with vaping
Experimenting with smoking or vaping will affect the addiction pathways in the brain, making it easier for youth to become addicted. To learn more visit:
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Keep positive influences
Some factors that influence youth to use of tobacco products, are the images youth see in social media, TV, or hear in music. Along with colorful packaging and the variety […]
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September is National Suicide Prevention Month
There are an average of 123 suicides each day in this country. It’s the tenth leading cause of death in America — second leading for ages 25-34, and third leading […]
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E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products Visual Dictionary
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Electronic Cigarettes: What’s the Bottom Line?
Cigarrillos Electrónicos ¿Cuál es la Conclusión?
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Understanding alcohol addiction
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), in 2019, over 60% of Americans admitted to having drunk alcohol in the past year, though most would not […]
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HCC food pantries have Naloxone
Healthy Communities’ food pantries in Dayton, Silver Springs and Yerington have a stock of Naloxone kits. SAMHSA notes that “Naloxone is designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is an […]