Smoke and vape support for Warwickshire secondary schools

A universal smoking and vaping toolkit has been developed for all secondary schools in Warwickshire.

Created in partnership with Trading Standard, Education and service providers, the WCC Public Health team developed the toolkit to help guide your school on what you can do to address both smoking and vaping. This includes current legislation and guidance, how to implement smoke free and vape free policies, and teaching resources. 

Access the toolkit here - https://schools.warwickshire.gov.uk/smoke-free-vape-free-support-schools

Background  

This toolkit has been produced in response to feedback from schools in Warwickshire about current vaping challenges in schools and it is also part of our wider tobacco control work programme.  

In line with the latest Government announcements on preventing smoking and vaping, our ambition is to prevent children and young people from smoking and vaping. 

This toolkit complements the existing smoking and vaping support for schools which is provided by Warwickshire Children and Young People Drug and Alcohol Service (CYPDAS) and provides you with how to signpost children and young people to support available to them - https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cypsmokeandvape 

Feedback 

We are really keen to ensure this toolkit meets the needs of your school community and therefore welcome all feedback to enable us to adapt and evolve the resources available. Please direct all feedback to – phadmin@warwickshire.gov.uk (FAO CYP smoke/vape project team).