Vaping

VAPING ONLINE COURSE provided by NFHS Learn

(NFHS stands for National Federation of High Schools. The organization is devoted to resources for students and their parents as well as staff participating in athletics, visual & performing arts, and EC activities)

Understanding Vaping and E-CigarettesCheck out Understanding Vaping and E-Cigarettes from the NFHS Learning Center! http://nfhslearn.com/courses/understanding-vaping-and-e-cigarettes

Vaping is worse with THC oil and 4 other things you to knowExpect serious nicotine withdrawal from vaping, which is more addictive than smoking because the concentrated liquid form is more quickly metabolized.

Vaping is technically a method to inhale drugs into the body rather than a drug itself. The actual drug, for those you don't know, is Nicotine.

Nicotine is a naturally occurring psychoactive stimulant found in a variety of plants; the most common of which is Tobacco.

Fun Fact: Nicotine is also found to a lesser extent in "night shade vegetables" (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and green peppers) as well as some other vegetation. (info taken from Science Daily)

Picture above shows a variety of Nicotine Delivery Devices in addition to traditional packs of Cigarettes and Chewing Tobacco

Supplemental CLASS Slideshows

Vaping

Tobacco and Nicotine Advertising

FEATURED ARTICLES:

The Vape Debate = Web MD Flavored E juice to be banned? = Dr. Axe 9/20/2019

Vaping illnesses increase = NBC news Sept 2019 JULL...what you need to know = Buzzfeed Oct 2018

Vaping may be just as dangerous to vascular health as smoking, study findsTwo new studies demonstrate that both cigarettes and e-cigarettes harm blood vessels. The findings indicate that overlapping health risks may also suggest that dual product use could be more harmful to health than smoking or vaping alone.

Vaping: Latest news updates and breaking storiesThe use of electronic cigarettes caused an epidemic of nicotine addiction among teens and is linked to lung disease. Find coverage of vaping illnesses, hospitalizations and CDC regulation changes.

E-cigarette maker Juul settled a lawsuit over its practice of targeting teens through social media, parties and models – here’s why the company is paying $438.5 million to dozens of statesIn early September 2022, electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs – the face of the vaping epidemic among teenagers – agreed to pay US$438.5 million to 33 states. The settlement concludes a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette maker’s marketing and sales practices for its vaping products. Those states claimed that Juul marketed its addictive nicotine products to adolescents. The company had previously settled suits with four other...

FEATURED VIDEOS:

CLICK HERE FOR VAPING YouTube class playlist

What we Do and Don't know about Vaping (Institute of Human Anatomy, 2023)

Smoking vs Vaping (ASAP Science)

Yet More Evidence Vaping is bad for you (Sci Show Sept 2019)

Confronting the Vaping Epidemic (Dr. Matt Bellace)

Dangers of Vaping, ECigs and Juul (2018 news report...really good if you don't know)

Vaping: What the World is getting wrong (The Economist, February 2020)

Vaping turned Deadly (Seeker by Sept 2019)

There are tons of additional videos on the YouTube playlist including testimonies from teens who Vaped and were injured because of it!

FEATURED OTHER WEBPAGES BELOW

Electronic Cigarettes (E-cigarettes)

Official page from the Center of Disease Control