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Orange County Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Consortium

Prevention Curriculum

Recommended evidence-informed prevention curriculum for students.

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Family Engagement

Explore ways to engage families in Tobacco Prevention.

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Youth Development

Check out our Prevention Activities Guidebook.

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Educator's Corner

Everything you need to know about your TUPE grant.

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​The purpose of the Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program is to reduce youth tobacco use by helping young people make healthy tobacco-related decisions through tobacco-specific, research-validated educational instruction and activities that build knowledge,​ as well as social skills and youth development assets. TUPE funding originates from tobacco tax revenue and provides prevention programs in grades six through twelve. 

The Orange County TUPE Consortium, led by the Orange County Department of Education, is a partnership of twelve school districts. Participating school district​s are: OCDE ACCESS (Alternative Education Division), Buena Park School District, Fountain Valley School District, Garden Grove Unified School District, Huntington Beach City School District, Laguna Beach Unified School District, ​Saddleback Valley Unified School District, Santa Ana Unified School District, Tustin Unified School District, Capistrano Unified School District, Newport Mesa Unified School District, and Westminster School District.

Oral Nicotine Products

Oral Nicotine products such as pouches, lozenges, tablets, gums, and toothpicks are gaining popularity, especially among adolescents and young adults, with increased marketing. Check out the latest infographic from the Stanford REACH Lab on Oral Nicotine products. 

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Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Virtual Conference

As always, this conference is for educators, TUPE Coordinators, community-based organizations, school administrators, healthcare providers, school resource officers, counselors, parents, and anyone else working with youth to learn about the latest research on youth and their use of cannabis, e-cigarettes, and other drugs, including reasons for use, health effects, and the latest available lessons for teaching cannabis (and other drug) education and prevention to elementary, middle,​ and high school-aged youth.​

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1.866.NEW.LUNG

Free quit smoking & quit vaping services in Orange County.​​

Services Include:

  • Five-session class series
  • 90 minute seminar 
  • Two (2) 45 minute seminars 
  • One-on-one counseling 
  • ​Telephone counseling 
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Upcoming Events

Monday, January 13, 2025

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

District Lead Meeting

Redhill R-204

Thursday, January 30, 2025

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Effective Communication for TUPE Best Practices and Resources

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Consortium Quarterly Meeting #3

ZOOM

Thursday, February 27, 2025

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Service Learning and Civic Engagement

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