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Vape's No Escape

Tri-County Health Department and Tobacco Free 303 (Denver metro, US-CO) online ad campaign in spring 2020, during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, in which local teens talk about healthy ways to cope with stress instead of vaping; ads ran on YouTube and similar sites and pointed to a website of teen hobbies.

Years
2020–now
Country
United States
Topic
Mental healthTobaccoVaping
Asks people to
Never startSubstitute
Strategy
Self efficacyTestimonial
Channel
Social (paid)Website
Audience
Youth

Evidence

NoneUnknown

Sponsor (who paid)

  • Tri-County Health Department (Colorado) State local government, funder and creator
  • Tobacco Free 303 NGO, partner

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Sources

  1. New campaign featuring Colorado teens targets vaping in this time of stress, isolation (Denver7, 2020) news · 2020

Research notes

Drafted by Claude on 2026-10-28 for #130 from the sources listed; unreviewed (summary and cardSummary included). US-CO, local (Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties; Tri-County Health has since split up). Year from the article's COVID-19 context (stay-at-home order), confirm. endYear unknown; likely short. Check the number: 'more than a quarter of teens in Colorado' vape.

Record cases/co-tri-county-vapes-no-escape.json, updated 2026-10-28· Link to this campaign