BetaHCF Case Studies Library is in beta. We're still adding campaigns and fixing things.
HCF Case Studies Library

← All campaigns · Open in the library

Escape the Vape Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (US-HI) teen vaping prevention campaign on TV, radio and social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok), with ads such as 'Inseparable' (2021) on the social side of nicotine addiction, and a website pointing teens to the My Life, My Quit youth quit line.

Years
2021–now
Country
United States
Topic
TobaccoVaping
Asks people to
Never startStop
Strategy
Cessation service linkSocial norms
Channel
RadioSocial (organic)Social (paid)TVWebsite
Audience
Youth

Evidence

NoneUnknown

Sponsor (who paid)

  • Hawaiʻi State Department of Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division State local government, funder and creator

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Executions (individual ads)

Sources

  1. Hawaiʻi's Escape the Vape Campaign Continues with Teen Addiction Rising (Maui Now, 18 Nov 2021) news · 2021

Research notes

Drafted by Claude on 2026-10-28 for #130 from the sources listed; unreviewed (summary and cardSummary included). US-HI. The campaign was already running in November 2021 ('has continued'); a Maui Now tag page snippet says it launched in 2020, not confirmed, so startYear is 2021. A 2024 spot 'Toxic Remains' is mentioned in search results; not checked. Official site live on 2026-10-28. No evaluation found. Check the number: 36.4% 30-day e-cigarette use on Maui (2019 survey) quoted in the article.

Record cases/hi-escape-the-vape.json, updated 2026-10-28· Link to this campaign