This Clearing The Air - Vaping presentation will be delivered by Azelene Williams, a registered Holistic Counsellor and Social Worker in Collaboration with Perennial Health Institute.

The presentation is suitable for parents, guardians, care givers, teachers and other adults involved with young people.

Azelene is an experienced presenter who has engaged audiences for more than a decade, drawing on her experience as a teenager who smoked and later turned to Vaping.

In her lived experience presentation, she discusses key concepts and theories around vaping and nicotine addiction and connects them to her lived experience.

Topics that will be covered include:

What is vaping and how does it work?
Vaping Myths?
Anatomy of e-cigarettes
Nicotine addiction
Peer pressure / social norms
What attracts young people to vaping?
Advertising and social media
Vaping & lung diseases
School policy, the law & lived experience
How do I know my child is vaping?
What can you do to support your child?
Social Triggers when quitting
How to quit vaping
All presentations conclude with an open question time.

In addition to the Zoom sessions, presentations will be delivered at both Byford Seconary School and Court Grammar School to directly target young people.