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What the heck?

Is going on with our precious kids?

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Let’s look at where we are,

so we can get to

where we want to be

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What happens when kids start to drink

before age 15?

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How many of our kids will experience

Alcohol Use Disorder (alcoholism) in their lifetime?

FOUR of every TEN who drink before age 15

One-quarter of Taos County kids has their first drink before age 13

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2019 YRRS Survey High School Results First Drink before Age 13
	U.S.	New Mexico	Taos County	Questa High
1st drink before age 13	15.0%	20.5%	25.0%	-----

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What our Questa teens

are actually using

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Questa vs Taos County - Grades 9-12 2019 YRRS Survey Current (past 30 day) Use
	Questa High	All Taos County
Current Alcohol	59% *	42.3%

Current Cigarette	26.2% *	13.6%

Current Ecig	67.7% *	57.5%

Current Marijuana	48.9%	42.70%

Current Rx	29.8% *	11.1%
* Statistically Different from Taos County

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2019 YRRS Survey High School Results Current Use of Alcohol
	U.S.	New Mexico	Taos County	Questa High
Current use of alcohol	29.2%	28.6%	42.3%	59.0%

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2019 YRRS Survey High School Current Use of Cigarettes
	U.S.	New Mexico	Taos County	Questa
Current use of cigarettes	6.0%	8.9%	13.6%	26.2%

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2019 YRRS Survey High School Current Use of E-Cigarettes
	U.S.	New Mexico	Taos County	Questa High
Current use of e-cigs	32.7%	34.0%	57.5%	67.7%

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2019 YRRS Survey High School Results Current Use of Marijuana
	U.S.	New Mexico	Taos County	Questa High
Current use of marijuana	21.7%	27.7%	42.7%	48.9%

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2019 YRRS Survey High School Results Current Use of Rx not Prescribed to Them
	U.S.	New Mexico	Taos County	Questa High
Current use of Rx not prescribed to them	7.2%	-----%	11.1%	29.8%

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What our teens are

saying about vaping

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What’s good about vaping?

Takes away from use of tobacco
Smells nice
Brings joy in a way
You seem cool, gives you status
Calms anxiety
You can regulate your nicotine
Reduce cig use
Become part of culture – YES, beans tortillas and vaping

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What’s bad about vaping?

Popcorn lung
Necessity/people depend on it, it’s like an addiction
Withdrawals – freaking out, fidgety, irritable, can’t calm down
Vaping gets water in your lungs
Don’t know long-term effects, fairly new
Don’t know what’s in juice, how it’s made or where from, not approved by the FDA
Gets people in trouble cuz it’s not allowed
Easy to get/access easier than cigs, more teenagers going in to get ecigs than regular cigs
Spending a lot of money on it