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Dear Panthers and friends,
Here you will find some quick info about TUPE (Tobacco Use Prevention Education). Hope you find your visit productive.
What does TUPE stand for? TUPE is an acronym for Tobacco Use Prevention Education.
What is TUPE's purpose? TUPE is designed to reduce the tobacco use of youth by helping them to make healthful tobacco-related decisions through tobacco-specific educational instruction and activities that build knowledge as well as social skill. There are several school wide events held for the general student population and specific group sessions held for intervention and cessation purposes.
Who provides the funding? Major funding comes from the CA State Proposition 99 that increased the tax on tobacco sales. The Federal government also provides anti-tobacco education fund through the State Department of Health Services. Additional funding also comes from State and Local programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act - the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) State Grants Program.
Who is your TUPE Coordinator? Mr. J. Villamil coordinates the TUPE Program at Franklin High School. He can be reached at Panther Hall Room 533, or by phone at 323-550-2000, or via e-mail at jxv0362@lausd.k12.ca.us. You may also use the Message Box found at the bottom of this website.
Our Programs We at Franklin High School's TUPE offer two anti-tobacco programs. These programs are FREE. Deans, teachers, parents, staff and students can make referrals or self-referrals to these programs.
Tobacco Awareness Program (TAP)
Program Goals:
- Increase participants' awareness of the short and long-term effects of continued tobacco use
- Increase participants' awareness of their own level of risk for becoming victims of tobacco use.
- Help participants identify their own best ways to quit using tobacco
- Motivate participants to move forward in the action stage of quitting
- Explain a range of cessation methods including cold turkey, tapering, and postponing
- Provide specific techniques to help participants avoid the thoughts, feelings, and physical cravings that lead to tobacco use
- Learn refusal skills
- Help participants understand how to remain tobacco-free
- Provide a supportive environment and social pressure to help participants quit and stay free of tobacco
Not every TAP participant quits using tobacco or even cuts back on their use. Even those participants that don't quit during the program have learned how to quit when they are ready. Similarly, not all TAP participants who quit as a result of the program will stay tobacco-free through-out their lives. On average, adults attempt to quit 11 times before they quit for good (Falkowski and Own 1999).
However, through TAP, participants receive a great deal of information and special techniques for quitting. When they make their second or third attempt, they will be much more likely to be successful than if they had not attended TAP. TAP participants are always welcomed back to the group if they wish to try again, and they all know where to go for additional help in the school and in the community.
Source: Helping Teens Stop Using Tobacco, a Research-Based Cessation Program for ages 12-18…Community Intervention, Inc. Tobacco Awareness Program (TAP)Tobacco Education Group (TEG)
Program Goals:
- To provide basic information on the processes and effects of tobacco use
- To provide a positive alternative to suspension in schools or a diversion program for the courts
- To motivate participants to adopt healthier lifestyles
- To motivate participants to join an ongoing cessation group such as the Tobacco Awareness Program (TAP)
- To give participants an opportunity to assess their own patterns of use and to consider the eventual effects of such patterns
TEG is designed primarily for youth facing suspension or other sanctions for an incident of tobacco use or possession in school, on school grounds, or at school activities. It also serves as a court-diversion program and alternative to fines or other penalties for youth who violate state and local laws on the purchase and use of tobacco by minors.
Source: Intervening With Teen Tobacco Users, A Research-Based Program for Ages 12-18… Community Intervention, Inc. Tobacco Education Group (TEG)
NOTE TO PARENTS: We have provided certain websites for your child's fun and enjoyment and to assist them in conducting research on the web. Please take note that because of the nature of the Internet, and the World Wide Web in particular, it is still possible to access a series of links that may take one to almost anywhere. In otherwords, in spite of our efforts to supply appropriate material and links on this page, parents should supervise children while they surf the Web. LAUSDnet recommends that before allowing your children to travel the Web, you read Parent's Guide to the Internet by the U.S. Dept. of Education with your family.
This web site is created and maintained by J. Villamil, FHS TUPE Coordinator.
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