Vape Escape

by  Dolma Tsering, Gabriella Shalmiyev, and Afia Shyara

Hi, we are Dolma Tsering, Gabriella Shalmiyev, and Afia Shyara. Today we are going to talk about how vaping isn't good for you and the importance of how vaping can affect your body and mindset. Vaping in our opinion is bad for you because of the ways it can make your body sick. 

Vaping refers to smoking using an electronic handheld device.  When the user sucks on the device, flavored air, with chemicals, enters the mouth  and respiratory system. This damages your lungs, and increases your risk for mouth, throat and lung cancer just like regular smoking. Some people think it is safer than actual cigarettes because there is no burning involved and you are not inhaling smoke but that is not true, it is very harmful and causes similar harm.

  Even though people think it can help with stress or it can be fun it won't be good for you. It has nicotine in it which is a dangerous and addictive chemical and many more chemicals that induce stress on the body. It also contains formaldehyde and acetaldehyde which are cancer causing chemicals.

Vaping increases blood pressure, heart rate, flow of blood to the heart and a narrowing of the arteries. Vaping can cause irreversible lung damage, asthma, organ damage, addiction, and eventually cause death. Quitting vaping can improve your blood circulation and enable your lungs to begin healing. It even causes something called “popcorn lung” which is a serious lung disease. Many teens lost their lives and are in hospital due to vaping so do not vape at such a young age or don’t ever vape at all.

Vaping is especially dangerous for people our age for all of the above reasons but especially because of  how addictive it is. We might feel pressured if we are with friends or think it will make us look cool. Don’t bend to the pressure, who will take care of you when you get sick with a debilitating cough? Vaping is also easy to get addicted to but it will make you think it’s OK to try other things.It becomes a gateway to other dangerous substances that we must not put in our bodies.