​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)
Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) is a comprehensive evidence-based program​ for students in grades 6th through 12th. The purpose of the TUPE program is to reduce youth tobacco, cannabis, and vape use by helping students make healthy decisions through classroom-based curriculum, youth engagement activities, one-on-one intervention support, and cessation support through referrals and quit groups.
TUPE funding originates from tobacco tax revenue CA Prop 99 & 56.
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TUPE Tiers of Support
TUPE offers a tiered systems of support to ensure students throughout º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø​ receive the appropriate level of intervention needed to prevent substance-use. TUPE interventions are identified based on student risk behavioral data obtained through the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS).
TUPE Tier I Grant
TUPE Tier I offers universal prevention strategies on campus that include:
- Certification and enforcement of tobacco free campus
- Monitoring of youth risk behaviors and resilience data through the administration of the California Healthy Kids Survey biannually for grades 7th, 9th, and 11th ​
TUPE Tier II Grant
TUPE Tier II offers prevention and interventions strategies that include:
- Monitoring of youth risk behaviors and resilience data through the administration of the California Healthy Kids Survey biannually for grades 7th, 9th, and 11th and the California Student Tobacco Survey
- Implementing classroom-based, research-validated substance use prevention programs
- Providing intervention for those most at risk
- Empowering youth through tobacco-focused youth development
- Maintaining and enforcing tobacco-free policy​â¶Ä‹â€‹
