Vaping

Team members: Mya Dunn, Savannah Gross,

Kiersten Hurley, Cedric Kious, Janiah Robinson

Mentor: Maria Baker

What is vaping?

Breathing in a vapor made by an electronic cigarette or e-cigarette is called vaping. Vaping has been around for a long time. 1930-The e-cigarette is a patent to Joseph Robinson in 1930. Filed in 1927.But never commercialized. It is not that clear if even a prototype of the primitive device was even manufactured. Herbert A. Gilbert invented something like the current e-cigarette. He got a patent in 1965, and made models of it, but he never developed it further. It began in 1979, Phil Ray,one of the first of computers. He worked with his personal doctor Norman Jacobson. To make the first commercialization of the e-cigarette. It is not really electronic. It used evaporation of the nicotine. Products are really a lot like the everyday e-cigarettes moved near commercialization in the 1990. A huge U.S. tobacco company asked the FDA if they sell the e-cigarette. The FDA did not take the request because it is an unapproved drug. In 2003, there was an inventor in Beijing, China named Hon Lik. He was a 52 year old pharmacist and inventor. Because his father was a heavy smoker and died of lung cancer, he wanted to make a device that would be safer. Hon Lik’s idea was patented and the company he worked for, Golden Dragon Holdings, developed and named it Ruyan, meaning “like smoke”. But he never got full credit for making it because he never gave credit to the people who had the original ideas. By 2006, the E-Cigarettes made in China were brought to the U.S.

Some types of e-cigarettes are more harmful than others. Electronic cigarettes often are considered safer than regular smoking. The amount of nicotine can be different in different types of cigarettes. Sometimes labels do not give all the information about how much nicotine is their product. In every breath of JUULs e-cigarette there is more nicotine than other types of e-cigarettes. The extra nicotine makes them more addictive than other e-cigarettes. Kids have come too dependent on nicotine because of these extra nicotine. Some companies say that their products do not have nicotine, but they do. So vaping is a device used to breathe in chemicals. It can be very additive!

What are the causes and effects of vaping?

You might be surprised to learn why people smoke e-cigarettes. There are changing reasons more people are using e-cigarettes. Less people are using them to quit smoking. More people are using them to look cool. However, there are three main reasons that young people start vaping. According to the CDC and FDA, the first reason is that a friend or family member is already vaping. The second reason is that the flavors available are very appealing to young people. The third reason is that teenagers believe that e-cigarettes are safer than cigarettes. Those are just a few of the surprising reasons people, especially teenagers, are vaping.

The effects of vaping can be very dangerous. Even if you vape once in a while, you can still get addicted. E-cigarettes have nicotine which is addicting. E-cigarettes also have other harmful chemicals besides nicotine that cause health problems. First, people use e-cigarettes to feel better when they are feeling uncomfortable or depressed. Vaping helps them to temporarily feel better. Then, when they feel depressed again, they want to vape. This causes people to start turning e-cigarette usage into a habit. People also might use e-cigarettes while they drink coffee in the morning because it’s addicting and their body wants more of it. E-cigarettes have 2 main ingredients and they are glycol and vegetable glycerin. E-cigarettes have a chemical that is used to kill weeds in them. E- cigarettes poison cells in your body. These deadly chemicals can cause lung disease and cardiovascular (heart) disease. The CDC says more young people are using e-cigarettes. In 2016, there were 2,000 lung and heart problems from vaping in middle school and high school students.

If people keep vaping, they could get ill, need surgery or die. E-cigarettes can be more dangerous than regular cigarettes and their effects can be catastrophic.

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How has vaping changed over time?

Smoking has been popular since the time of Christopher Columbus, but it has changed over time. Cigarette smoking became very popular in the early 1900’s there were new ways to advertise and the tobacco industry was very rich and could influence laws and politicians who made the laws. During the time of world wars smoking increased because they gave out free cigarettes to the US soldiers to give them energy and make them feel better. It’s like the energy drinks today. In the twentieth century, smoking was less popular because people started to understand that smoking can be very bad for you. Citizens started to know that the tobacco industry was not telling people that their products were not safe. People also started to realize that politicians were not telling people how unsafe it was and were not making laws to protect the people. Unfortunately, vaping became the new popular way of smoking.

Vaping has changed over time. In 2006, the first vaping devices came to the United States. They were disposable and were already filled with chemicals. People nicknamed them ‘cigalikes’, because during that time they were disposable like cigarettes. At first, these ‘ciglikes’ only had a little bit of nicotine. Later on, vape pens were sold. They were refillable and more powerful because they heated up the liquid. These e-cigarettes had more nicotine.

About ten years ago, the newest vaping devices called mods, started being sold. These were the most advanced types of e-cigarettes. They became so popular because people could make them the way they like by changing the battery, way of heating, and the e-liquid. Now, we have smaller vaping devices that people think are safer because they have less nicotine, but they are not.

How does vaping work?

How does vaping work? People trying to quit smoking should try proven therapies that use tobacco before using e cigarettes to try to quit smoking. The CDC, FDA and State Health Departments have found that vaping is not healthier than smoking. E-cigarettes contain a deadly chemical called vitamin E acetate. This chemical can cause severe pulmonary disease or death. Secondhand smoke can be harmful.For instance , breathing in secondhand smoke affects the heart and increases the risk of having a heart attack. When comparing secondhand smoke to e-cigarettes scientists found that there’s ten times less harmful particles and carcinogens. This is because an e-cigarette doesn’t burn organic materials like tobacco and paper. There’s still nothing to celebrate because in second-hand smoke from e-cigarettes, there are many more harmful metals in the smoke. Some of the toxic metals in e-cigarettes are chromium, lead, zinc and nickel.

Electronic cigarettes are being marketed as the safer version of smoking, but a lot more people were hospitalized for vaping reasons due to lung disease. This has made it clear that vaping is more dangerous than smoking a real cigarette. People vape with battery-operated cigarettes. These devices contain gases that have nicotine, marijuana, flavorings, and some other chemicals. To make the cigarettes work, puffing activates the heating device that turns the liquid chemicals to gas. This makes the vapor that people inhale. That’s why it’s called vaping. Nicotine affects your brain and nervous system in many ways. When people vape, the nicotine causes your hormone levels to change. Your body produces more adrenaline, which also affects the level of dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical that affects our ability to think and focus. If it is unbalanced, it can create major health issues like Parkinson’s Disease. Even though Coronavirus the #1 health issue, vaping is also causing a health crisis. Any kind of smoking can cause pulmonary disease which makes you more at risk for diseases like Covid19. That is how vaping works.

The Tobacco 21 Law covers these types of products:

Cigarettes
Electronic smoking devices (vapes, e-cigs, tanks)
Cigars
Pipe tobacco
Chewing tobacco
Snuff
Snus
Dissolvable nicotine products
Filters, rolling papers, pipes, blunts, or hemp wraps
Liquids used in electronic smoking devices (whether or not they contain nicotine)
Vapor products (any component, part or additive that is intended for use in an electronic smoking device, a mechanical heating element, battery, or electronic circuit and is used to deliver the product, see ORC 2927.02 for full list)

How can we prevent vaping?

Preventing vaping is the best way to keep kids safe from tobacco products. On October 17, 2019, the Tobacco 21 Law was passed. Ohio made it illegal to give, sell or share tobacco products, cigarettes, and nicotine products including e-cigarettes/vaping products to people under 21 years old.

Smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your health. So, it’s sad that each day, approximately 3,200 teens and kids begin smoking. Stroke, heart attack, angina, heart disease are some of the possible health effects of vaping. The e-juices used in e-cigarettes are toxic for your lungs, but scientists say we will not know the true effects on the lungs for three decades. The CDC reported that the nicotine in vaping can affect your brain development permanently if you are under 25 years old.

Parents should talk to their children or other young people you know about the dangers of e-cigarettes. Tell them about the harm that any form of nicotine can do to their growing brain. Let them know you stand against the use of any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes. Research shows that even if you have used tobacco yourself, they will listen if you discuss your struggles with nicotine addiction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a plan for action to prevent kids from smoking, especially e-cigarettes. The actions are: making it harder for young people to get tobacco products, stopping advertising to teens and kids about tobacco products, and educating kids, teens and seller of tobacco products like e-cigarettes about the health risks of these products. In conclusion, it’s important to prevent vaping in kids and teens.