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Elevate started the year off with the message “Elevate your Spark” encouraging BHS students to find activities and groups at BHS that give them energy and purpose, to “find your spark.”

This month, BPHC’s Associate Director, Bianka Çimrin, was honored with two different awards recognizing her leadership, advocacy, and commitment to prevention and community well-being.

Across Vermont, residents are increasingly speaking up: they want smoke- and vape-free homes. What some may brush off as a nuisance is actually a serious health and safety concern. About 43% of Vermont adults report exposure to secondhand smoke or vapor, with half of that exposure happening in multi-unit housing or public settings.

This article is filled with resources for residents, property owners, and property managers.

Great news for Vermonters looking to quit tobacco and nicotine products! The Vermont Department of Health's Tobacco Control Program is rolling out significant updates to two of its most effective quit programs: 802Quits and My Life, My Quit. These changes are designed to make the quit journey more personalized, engaging, and successful for people of all ages.

Emergency rooms across North America are reporting more youth being admitted after accidentally or intentionally consuming cannabis-infused edibles—products that often look like regular candy, cookies, or snacks.

Ingestion of cannabis with THC can lead to severe symptoms in youth, including drowsiness, confusion, difficulty walking, vomiting, anxiety, hallucinations, and in some cases, hospitalization.

Evidence shows that where people live plays a key role in their health. Substance use prevention is a proactive approach that increases the protective factors that can support a healthy lifestyle and reduces the risk factors to the lifestyle, particularly those that contribute to young people using substances early and often.