E-Cigarettes 101
A handheld electronic device that simulates the feeling of smoking. It works by heating the liquid to generate an aerosol, also called a vapor that the user inhales and exhales. Using these devices is commonly referred to as vaping.
What is an e-cigarette?
True or False - Unlike cigarettes, e-cigarettes contain no cancer causing chemicals
What is False.
E-cigarettes are the most commonly used nicotine product by youth. True or False
True
The age someone has to be in order to purchase e-cigarettes.
What the liquid inside an e-cigarette is called.
There are over 7,000 different flavors available. The e-juice contains nicotine in comparable amounts to a cigarette.
True or False - Second hand smoke from a vaping device is not harmful to others.
What is False.
These are some of the most common reasons why youth begin using e-cigarettes.
What are:
-to look cool
-to fit in
-to try flavors
-not aware of health risks
Places where vaping is banned.
What are workplaces, restaurants, mass transit, hospitals, schools and dorms, and outdoor areas, such as railroad stations, hospital, library and school grounds
True or False - unlike traditional cigarettes, e-cigarette vapor does not contain nicotine or tar.
What is False.
E-cigarettes may contain nicotine but do not contain tar. Tar is the common name for the small pieces of toxic chemicals left behind in your lungs by burning tobacco. Nicotine is the chemical which causes addiction.
True or False - teens who use e-cigarettes are not likely to end up smoking later in life.
What is False.
Young people who had used e-cigarettes are 7x more likely to become smokers one year later than those who did not smoke e-cigarettes.
What percentage of teens used e-cigarettes in 2022.
In 2022, about 1 in 10 or more than 2.5 million U.S. middle and high school students used e-cigarettes, according to the FDA. This is equal to approximately 14.1 %
Nicotine addiction, mood disorders, and permanent lowering of impulse control are all risks that happen to this part of the body.
What is the brain?
Nicotine also changes the way synapses are formed, which can harm the parts of the brain that control attention and learning.
These are the four main components of an e-cigarette.
What are a battery, a cartridge or tank, an atomizer, an LED light.
True or False - Using e-cigarettes are helpful to those who are trying to quit smoking.
What is False - This is only switching out one source of nicotine for another, and does not help a person quit smoking.
True or False - those who identify as female are more likely to use e-cigarettes than males.
What is False -
More prevalent among males (16.1%) than females (10.5%)
True or False: Young people are a main target of tobacco advertisements.
True: tobacco companies target young people with their advertising because they know that if people become addicted young, they will have a customer for life.
True or False - e-cigarette juice is sold in flavors such as Peanut Butter Cookie, Grandma's Apple Pie, Rainbow Custard, Unicorn Blood, and Kryptonite.
What is True.
When it comes to the amount of nicotine in a vape, one e-juice cartridge is equal to this many cigarettes.
This is the age that the human brain stops developing.
What is age 25?
This is the reason that vaping is more dangerous for teens than any other age group.
True or False: tobacco companies spend millions of dollars on advertising each year.
True:
In a survey of representatives of the cigarettes industry in the United States, it was found that in 2021 the sector spent close to 811.5 million U.S. dollars on advertising