Name: Eff The Vape: Youth Advocates Take Action to Protect Their Peers Against Big Tobacco's Harm
Start: 2026-10-22T13:30:00-0500
End: 2026-10-22T14:30:00-0500

Eff The Vape: Youth Advocates Take Action to Protect Their Peers Against Big Tobacco's Harm

Thursday October 22, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT

Suite 107 - Lower Level

Fact: Youth are vaping. Fact: Youth find it extremely difficult to quit. Youth say vapes are easy to obtain, easier to start, and extremely easy to get hooked. Learn how one youth group is boldly pushing Big Tobacco out of their lives and communities.

Outcomes:

Identify key strategies for building and sustaining a youth coalition.
Describe how the E-cigarette Prevention Initiative Youth Action Council (EPIYAC) is helping reduce youth vaping through yotuh-led prevention efforts.
Recognize the mutual benefits of meaningful youth engagement for both youth and adult partners.

Speakers

Pa Houa Moua

Population Health Specialist, Olmsted County

Pa Houa ‘PH’ Moua is a Population Health Specialist at Olmsted County Public Health Services. She has worked on the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) grant for over seven years specializing in commercial tobacco policy and systems that protect public health. PH was... Read More →

Christa Seymour

Public Health Nurse, Olmsted County

Christa Seymour is a Public Health Nurse at Olmsted County, located in southeast Minnesota, on the School Age Services team. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and from Johns Hopkins University with her Master’s Degree in Public... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Suite 107 - Lower Level 30 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, MN 55904, USA

Youth

2026 MCEA Fall Conference

Pa Houa Moua

Christa Seymour

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2026 MCEA Fall Conference

Pa Houa Moua

Christa Seymour

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