Vaping basics
This is the term for the liquid used in vaping devices.
What is e-liquid or vape juice?
This organ is primarily affected by the use of vaping devices.
What are the lungs?
This age group is most likely to try vaping.
What are teenagers or young adults?
What are some ways you can respond if your friends pressure you to try vaping?
You could say No politely but firm, suggest doing something else together, or explain that you're making a decision based on no firmly but politelywhat's best for your health.
True or False: Vaping is safer than smoking traditional cigarettes.
What is false
The main addictive substance found in both cigarettes and most vape juices.
What is nicotine?
Can vaping impact your teeth?
Vaping can contribute to dry mouth (bad breath), gum inflammation, and other oral health issues.
The colorful, candy-like flavors in vape juices are often designed to attract this demographic.
Who are children or teenagers?
True or False? Stress and anxiety made worse by vaping?
What is True! Nicotine makes anxiety and depression worse. It also affects memory, concentration, self-control, and attention, especially in developing brains.
This is a common misconception that vaping is only inhaling this harmless substance.
What is water vapor?
True or Fasle? Vaping is just flavoured air.
False. Vapes contain toxic chemicals like formaldehyde, acrolein, and acetaldehyde, as well as harmful metal particles: nickel, lead, chromium, tin, and aluminum. Breathing in e-cigarette aerosol can deliver these chemicals to your lungs where they can cause damage.
True or False? Vaping can affect brain development in teens?
What is True! Nicotine (found in Vapes) can harm brain development (affecting attention, learning, mood)
True or False: Fruit-flavored vapes are healthier than regular vapes!
What is False! Chemicals in fruit-flavored vapes can can actually be more harmful when heated
The legal age for purchasing vaping products in Canada.
What is 18? Other accepted answers are: 19 or 21 (based on individual Provincial laws)
Vaping devices can contain as much or more of this addictive substance compared to traditional cigarettes.
What is nicotine?
The process of inhaling vapor from an electronic cigarette is commonly known as this.
What is vaping?
This is a common symptom experienced by individuals who use vaping devices excessively.
What is a cough or shortness of breath?
Roughly this number of youth reported to have used vaping devices as of recent studies.
What is around 1 in 4 teens?
The advertising of vaping products on television is prohibited in Canada to protect this group.
Who are minors or children?
True or False? Vaping is less addictive than cigarettes
What is false! Vaping can be harder to quit than smoking traditional cigarettes. For example, one Juul pod is the nicotine equivalent of smoking a pack of 20 regular cigarettes.
Unlike traditional cigarettes, vaping devices do not produce this byproduct.
What is smoke?
Vaping can cause erectile dysfunction in men?
True! There is some evidence that vaping can cause sexual dysfunction/impotence in men.
Schools often implement these types of programs to educate students about the risks of vaping.
What are health education programs?
Canadian regulations require these on vaping product packaging to warn users of potential health risks.
What are warning labels?
What does EVALI stand for?
What is "e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury". EVALI is a serious inflammatory condition that damages your lungs. It develops as a result of vaping, which is when you use a small, electronic device to breathe in tiny particles of liquid nicotine and flavoring. EVALI can affect people who’ve used vaping products up to 90 days before symptoms started.