True or False
Vaping is safer than cigarettes.
False
While vapes do not contain tobacco, they often have high levels of nicotine, and are used more often compared to cigarettes.
What chemical found naturally in tobacco leaves is used in most e-juices and causes addiction?
Nicotine
What is second hand vapour?
Occurs when people breathe in smoke breathed out by people who smoke.
What is Stress?
a set of emotional physical and cognitive (thought) reactions to a changing and demanding environment.
How much does the average vaper spend on vapes in a year?
Vapes cost about $25, and the average vaper gets a vape about every 4 days. So the average vaper would spend around $5,100 a year on vapes.
Nicotine is not addictive.
False
Nicotine is the primary agent in regular cigarettes and e-cigarettes, and it is highly addictive.
What's another name for a vape?
E-cigs, mods, personal vaporizer, pod mods,vapes pens, box mods, heady, domer.
What body part can be affected by vaping?
Vaping effects the reproductive system, immune system, respiratory system, and cardiovascular system.
What advice would you give a friend/classmate who was using e-cigs or self - medicating ?
your own input
Name a reason to why youth might start vaping
Peer pressure, wanting to fit in with friends who vape, believing it's less harmful than smoking, and thinking its cool.
Vapes don't burn like cigarettes.
True
Vapes only work by heating liquid that creates the vapour.
What is a vape?
Vaping devices are battery-operated devices that people use to inhale an aerosol.
What is a Pod?
Pods have high amounts of nicotine for the body to absorb nicotine.
What might you or peers stress about?
open for answers
What is the type of peer pressure that can lead to vaping?
Peer pressure or pressure from friends (being told "everyone is doing it, so you should do it too"), and media pressure (TV ,Movies, Online).
Vaping is not allowed on school property.
True
This is because e-cigarette aerosol can have a secondhand impact on those around them, particularly for students with asthma or other respiratory problems. Secondhand e-cigarette aerosol can actually be more harmful among students who don't smoke or vape themselves, since they're not used to inhaling the chemicals.
How many flavours of e-juice are there?
There are 7,000 different types of e-juices.
How do e-cigarettes cause injuries?
Defective e-cigarette batteries can caused fires and explosions.
How to deal with stress in a healthy way?
dancing, music, walking, talking to friends, basketball, exercising, writing, reading, drawing, cooking, designing, etc
How are vaping companies making their demographic teens?
They are doing this by bringing in the younger market through colourful packaging and large ranges of enticing flavours, promoting fears of a new generation addicted to nicotine.
It’s just water vapor in vapes.
False
They contain e-liquids that may contain nicotine, as well as propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin or glycerol.
What does the flavours of e-juice do?
They hide the taste of chemicals and nicotine. They also appeal to young users.
Give an example of one thing vaping can cause?
It can cause increased coughing, inflammation of the lungs, effect your heart, hurt the development of the brain, raise blood pressure, and narrow your arteries
What is the self medication?
When some ones use substances, e-cigs, cigarettes, etc. to repeatedly deal with stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.
Why might big tobacco want young teens to vape?
The reasons are money, life long users, and they're easier to persuade.