FAIRMONT, W.Va (WDTV) – Final week, Governor Justice launched a brand new anti-vaping marketing campaign titled: ‘West Virginia’s Clear Future: Don’t Let Vaping Cloud It’.

“I wish to spotlight a state authorities and public-private partnership that addresses a public well being disaster that’s completely on everyone’s radar, and that’s this vaping take care of our younger youngsters,” Governor Justice stated in his briefing on August twenty third.

The brand new marketing campaign goals to discourage college students from vaping whereas offering them with statistics and preventative steps to observe. The West Virginia Division of Well being and Human assets joined forces with the division of training at a time the place urgency is vital.

“In 2021, virtually half of high-school college students reported both at present or handed use of e-cigarettes or vaping merchandise,” Matthew Christiansen, the state well being officer and commissioner stated. “This has actually grow to be a brand new addictive product on the scene that we all know that we’ve got to actually deal with and resolve.”

Dr. Christiansen says the clear future marketing campaign’s major focus will probably be on center college college students. He says that center school-aged college students expertise e-cigarette initiation by 14-years previous. Debra Conover, East Fairmont Center College’s precept says her college has already begun cracking down on the dependancy focusing on the youth.

“We’re doing the easiest we will to teach college students in regards to the risks of vaping,” Conover stated. “Stopping it now earlier than it does have an effect on their well being long run.”

In truth, Conover instructed me that the college put in sensors within the loos to detect when somebody is vaping. That system has been working properly up to now.

“Final week was our first day of faculty on Monday the twenty first and throughout the first week we had two college students caught, one by a vapor sensor and one as a result of we’ve got an alert workers,” Conover stated. “We’ve very observant workers members who alerted us to a scholar probably having a vape.”

‘Catch my breath’ vaping prevention curriculum will probably be launched to every county all through the following three years.