The following links provide additional information for administrators, coaches and teachers to help students and student-athletes win for life.
All Topics
• Youth.gov (Resources on 26 different youth topics)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tobacco
• Smoke Free Teen – DHHS
• Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults (20 page PDF)
• CDC – Youth Tobacco Prevention (Information Sheet and Resource Page)
• Alaska’s Tobacco Quit Line
• CATCH – grades 6-8 e-cigarette program (purchase only)
• Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction (MMWR)
• Where There’s Smoke: The Effects of Smoking on the Human Body (50 minutes, homework)
• Usual Sources of Cigarettes for Middle and High School Student (MMWR)
Alcohol
• Be You Alaska, a program of the Alaska Wellness Coalition (Celebrating teen success in making healthy choices)
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
• Alaska Wellness Coalition
• Volunteers of America Alaska (Helping adolescents overcome substance addiction in Alaska since 1981 – Prime for Life program available in Anchorage)
• Recover Alaska (Focusing on alcohol abuse)
• Teen Drug Abuse
• A Substance Abuse Guide for Parents
• Statewide Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers
Drugs
• Youth.gov (Evidence Based Programs for Prevention and Treatment)
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Top Ten Tips for Prevention)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (Preventing Drug Abuse: The Best Strategy)
• Teen Drug Abuse
• A Substance Abuse Guide for Parents
For the most current copy of the entire publication go to:
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/preventing-drug-abuse-among-children-adolescents/acknowledgments
