Don't Lean on Nicotine

Leaning on vaping to cope with stress? You're not alone.

Vaping is just nicotine in a flavored package, and it's as addictive as smoking cigarettes.

Nobody wants to feel powerless to nicotine.

Thinking about cutting back or quitting?

For tips and advice to help, text VAPE FREE OR to 88709.

It’s a free, confidential, text-based service provided by the Truth Initiative®.

Share Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Message with Youth in Your Community

Join Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington County tobacco prevention programs’ effort to help prevent youth from vaping, and to provide resources for youth who may need help to quit vaping. 
Below are details on the free campaign posters and postcards available by request to schools and other youth-serving organizations in the Tri-County area.

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About the “Don’t Lean on Nicotine" Campaign

“Don’t Lean on Nicotine” is a local campaign created to raise awareness among youth of a free, confidential texting-based resource for help to quit vaping.

Introduced in Spring 2022, the campaign is the first regional tobacco-related collaboration between Clackamas County, Multnomah County and Washington County Tobacco Prevention and Education Programs (TPEP) and the Multnomah County REACH program. Developed in part with funding from Health Share of Oregon, the campaign was designed with an emphasis on LGBTQ+, African American and Hispanic/Latino youth communities who are disproportionately impacted by the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics and the negative health impacts of tobacco use.

As of October 2025, the campaign has been updated with new keywords for the text to quit service, EX Program from Truth Initiative.

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