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This page provides shareable content to promote the Seeing Through the Haze vaping education resources. Share this toolkit with school and health educators networks.
Seeing Through the Haze is a free evidence-based, curriculum-aligned vaping education resource that has been designed for use in school settings with upper primary and secondary school students.
Anchored in contemporary education and health promotion principles, the resource aims to prevent vaping uptake, by:
Using a whole-school and strengths-based approach
Building health literacy, critical thinking skills, protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies in young people, which can be applied to other health areas more broadly
Encouraging inquiry-based learning with linkages to local community, cessation support services and the Achievement Program
Structured as a three-part learning sequence, the Student Resource includes a range of activities that can be selected, across three modules:
Getting the Facts - learn the foundational knowledge and skills required to understand vaping and its impacts on health
See Through the Haze - examine how the marketing and advertising of vaping purposefully targets young people and the tactics used by industry
Making Change - the culmination of the resource which brings together students’ knowledge and skills to create a campaign that can be applied within their school and local community.
Additional resources are available to support school and health educators with the delivery of Seeing Through the Haze:
Teaching guides for Years 5-6 and Years 7-10 which includes:
Answers and discussion guidance for the student activities
An overview of the resource structure with best-practice teaching and learning approaches
Clear curriculum links with lesson planning and delivery suggestions.
Lesson cards which provides school and health educators with flexible Seeing Through the Haze teaching options. Each Year level lesson card bundle offers:
Three topics to choose from
Flexible delivery formats across 3 or 2 lessons while maintaining key learning outcomes
An outline of the suggested sequence of activities including learning intentions, curriculum links, preparation and delivery time as well as page references from the Seeing Through the Haze student resources.
The Seeing Through the Haze student resource, teaching guide and lesson cards are designed to be used together. Please ensure that all applicable resources have been received before using them.
Additional educator support resources are available to support school and health educators with delivering vaping education resource Seeing Through the Haze while strengthening a whole school approach to reducing tobacco and vape-related harms in school environments:
Easy-to-view professional learning videos exploring the purpose and objectives of Seeing Through the Haze, its alignment with key teaching and learning concepts, and practical delivery tips from teachers
A school settings checklist to strengthen a whole school approach to reducing tobacco and vape-related harms in school environments
30-minute online learning module Vaping and how to support cessation in community and education settings.
Below you will find pre-prepared copy that can be shared in your workplaces and with your professional networks via newsletters, emails or digital education platforms. You are welcome to tailor this copy to best suit your audiences.
Seeing Through the Haze is a free, evidence-based, curriculum-aligned vaping education resource that has been designed for use in school settings with upper-primary and secondary school students and be delivered by school and health educators
Across a range of learning activities, Seeing Through the Haze builds health literacy, critical thinking skills, protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies in young people. Anchored in contemporary education and health promotion principles, the resource uses a whole-school and strengths-based approach to vaping education. The resource encourages inquiry-based learning with linkages to local community, cessation support services and the Cancer Council Victoria’s Achievement Program.
To support educators in delivering effective vaping education to reduce vape-related harms in school environments, a suite of vaping education resources is available including:
Seeing Through the Haze student workbooks and teaching guides
Seeing Through the Haze lesson cards which provide school and health educators with flexible and tailored delivery options
Easy-to-view professional learning videos exploring the purpose and objectives of Seeing Through the Haze, its alignment with key teaching and learning concepts, and practical delivery tips from teachers
A school settings checklist to strengthen a whole school approach to reducing tobacco and vape-related harms in school environments.
Find out more and access Quit’s vaping education resources at quit.org.au/about-our-education-resources
Social post option 1:
Looking for impactful education resources on vaping for young people? @quitvic's free evidence-based, curriculum-aligned, student resources and teaching guides help schools and other settings address this critical topic. Access Seeing Through the Haze: about our education resources
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Vaping affects the health and wellbeing of young people. It’s more important than ever that schools provide clear evidence-based education. @quitvic offers free student resources & teaching guides to help schools address this critical topic: about our education resources
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Are you planning to deliver vaping education resource, Seeing Through the Haze, at your school? Quit's new educator support resources can help you. Flexible lesson delivery cards, professional learning videos and a practical school settings checklist all support the delivery of effective vaping education and strengthen a whole school approach to reducing tobacco and vape-related harms in school environments. Find out more about Seeing Through the Haze and the new educator support resources at quit.org.au/about-our-education-resources
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Provides a brief overview of and links to the Seeing Through the Haze and educator support resources.
Available to download
Hear directly from schools, teaching staff and students:
A range of fact sheets and information on vaping including:
Read about our School Challenge and view some of the Seeing Through the Haze student-designed campaigns.
