Get the facts on vaping: hub toolkit
Everything you need to promote the hub as a valuable, concise, and new vaping information source for parents, carers and influential adults.
‘Get the facts on vaping’ is a new online hub where parents of young people, carers, and influential adults can find out all they need to know about vaping and e-cigarettes – the health harms, safety considerations and more. The hub contains guidance on how to have conversations with young people about vaping, and what to do if a young person is vaping.
Share the assets below on your channels and help us promote this hub as a valuable, concise, and new vaping information source for parents, carers and influential adults.
About the ‘Get the facts on vaping’ hub
The hub was developed to ensure parents, carers and influential adults have easy access to credible, concise information in one place to inform conversations about vaping with the young people in their lives. The hub aims to help prevent uptake of vaping by young people and help support those quitting vaping.
The hub covers topics such as:
- What’s in e-cigarettes and e-liquids
- Health and safety risks associated with vaping
- How to know if your child is vaping
- Practical tips for having a conversation about vaping with young people
- What to do as a parent or carer
- How Quitline can help, and more.
The hub has been developed in consultation with parents and influential adults and is proudly supported by VicHealth, Cancer Council Victoria and the Victorian State Government.
Target audiences
- Parents of young people, carers, and influential adults
- Anyone interested in credible information about e-cigarettes including safety and health risks and support to prevent vaping or quit vaping.
Promote the hub
Share these assets on your channels and help us promote this important vaping information source for parents, carers and influential adults.
- Promote the hub on your social channels, eDM or blog by using the material and sample social media posts provided below
- Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and engage with our posts by liking, commenting or re-sharing
- Remember to tag us on Facebook and Twitter in your own organic posts: @quitvic and LinkedIn: @quit-victoria.
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Sample social media copy (Twitter-friendly)
- Starting the conversation
Need help talking about vaping with young people? @QuitVic’s new hub has facts and practical tips to support effective and empowering conversations. #GetTheFactsOnVaping vapingfacts.org.au - Practical tips for parents, carers and influential adults on starting the conversation
@QuitVic’s new hub has practical tips to help you start the conversation with young people on the risks of vaping. #GetTheFactsOnVaping vapingfacts.org.au - Speaking with young people about the risks of vaping
A NSW study found that around 1/3 of teenagers surveyed had tried vaping. E-cigarettes can contain chemicals that are known causes of cancer or lung damage. @QuitVic’s new hub has info to help you speak with young people about the harms of vaping. #GetTheFactsOnVaping vapingfacts.org.au - Find out how vaping is harmful to health on the Hub
Adults under 30 are the biggest users of e-cigarettes. Many e-cigarettes contain chemicals that are known causes of cancer or lung damage. @QuitVic’s hub helps you talk about the harms of vaping with young people. #GetTheFactsOnVaping vapingfacts.org.au - About the hub
@QuitVic has launched a new hub for parents, carers and influential adults to find out all they need to know about e-cigarettes and discussing the risks of vaping with young people. Supported by @VicHealth @CancerVic @VicGovAu #GetTheFactsOnVaping vapingfacts.org.au
Newsletter or blog copy
Short-form
New Get the facts on vaping online hub for parents, carers and influential adults
A new Get the facts on vaping online hub has been developed by Quit. The hub provides parents, carers, and influential adults with guidance to start conversations with young people about e-cigarettes, advises on how to know if their child is vaping, and directs to additional resources for support. Visit vapingfacts.org.au
Long-form
New Get the facts on vaping online hub for parents, carers and influential adults
A new Get the facts on vaping online hub has been developed by Quit. The hub provides parents, carers, and influential adults with guidance to start conversations with young people about e-cigarettes, advises on how to know if their child is vaping, and directs to additional resources for support.
The data from new research by Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer reveals many Victorians are still unaware of the risks associated with vaping. While 67% of Victorian adults disagree that the dangers of vaping have been exaggerated, a third are unsure or think otherwise. Also concerning is 1 in 5 (19%) Victorian adults agree or are not sure whether e-cigarettes do not contain dangerous chemicals.1
A NSW study found that around 1/3 of teens surveyed had tried vaping. Adults under 30 years are the biggest users of e-cigarettes. Get the facts on vaping provides parents, carers, and influential adults with easy access to credible, concise information in one place to encourage conversations about vaping with the young people in their lives. The hub aims to help prevent uptake of vaping by young people and help support those quitting vaping.
The hub covers topics such as:
- What’s in e-cigarettes and e-liquids
- Health and safety risks associated with vaping
- How to know if your child is vaping
- Practical tips for having a conversation about vaping with young people
- What to do as a parent or carer
- How Quitline can help, and more.
Get the facts on vaping has been developed in consultation with parents and influential adults and is proudly supported by VicHealth, Cancer Council Victoria and the Victorian State Government.
1 This finding was reported by Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria using data collected through the September 2022 wave of the Social Research Centre's probability-based panel, Life in Australia™.