Embedded Files
Vaping & E-Cigarette Information
Vaping & E-Cigarette Information
Vaping has quickly become an epidemic in America, mostly affecting our middle and high school students.
Vaping has quickly become an epidemic in America, mostly affecting our middle and high school students.
E-cigarettes are sometimes called “e-cigs,” “vapes,” “e-hookahs,” and “vape pens”. Some e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some look like USB flash drives, pens, and other everyday items.
Fast Facts about e-cigarettes
The use of e-cigarettes is unsafe for kids, teens, and young adults.
In 2018, more than 3.6 million U.S. middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days, including 4.9% of middle school students and 20.8% of high school students.
Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s.
Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine—the addictive drug in regular cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products.
E-cigarettes can contain other harmful substances besides nicotine.
Additional research can help understand long-term health effects. Many long-term effects are still unknown.
Using nicotine in adolescence can harm the parts of the brain that control attention, learning, mood, and impulse control.
Using nicotine in adolescence may also increase risk for future addiction to other drugs.
What Are the Other Risks of E-cigarettes for Kids, Teens, and Young Adults?
Scientists are still learning about the long-term health effects of e-cigarettes.
Some of the ingredients in e-cigarette aerosol could also be harmful to the lungs in the long-term. For example, some e-cigarette flavorings may be safe to eat but not to inhale because the gut can process more substances than the lungs.
Defective e-cigarette batteries have caused some fires and explosions, a few of which have resulted in serious injuries.
Children and adults have been poisoned by swallowing, breathing, or absorbing e-cigarette liquid through their skin or eyes.
For information on how to talk to your teen about vaping and smoking, follow this link: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm
For more information on the risks of e-cigarettes, please click here: https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/
(information from the CDC website)
Report abuse