BCHS Annual Report 2025 - Report - Page 6
New initiatives
School’s in on vape education
A new education session for primary school students is sending myths about vaping up
in smoke.
“We have had overwhelmingly
positive feedback from sta昀昀 and
students about your Prevention of
Vaping presentation. The teachers
would love to run it annually and
were really impressed by the level
of participation from our students.”
– Epsom Primary School
Run by the BCHS Health Promotion team, the education
program, Prevention of Vaping, is aimed at Grade 5 and
6 students. The session delivers essential information on
the risks and harms of vaping, with the goal to give kids
the knowledge and con昀椀dence to say no to vaping.
“Knowledge is power and that’s what we want to give
them,” said Health Promotion O昀케cer Lucy Linton. “Our
program is not only age-appropriate it’s interactive,
which gives us the opportunity to have a conversation
with the kids, respond to any questions and debunk
some of the myths around vaping.
“We delivered our 昀椀rst presentation to about 120 Grade
5 and 6 students at Epsom Primary School, and it was
really well received.
“We covered topics including: What is a vape?; Nicotine;
Short-term and long-term e昀昀ects; Strategies to say no
to vaping; and Ways to get help.
providing the tools to make an informed choice which
empowers them to say no.”
Interest in the program from local schools has been
signi昀椀cant, with the team set to deliver at least 10 more
sessions in 2025.
“We’re hearing from kids that they think it’s not cool
and it’s not safe so now we want to support them by
Health Promoters
Lucy and Christine.
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