Vaping Basics
Vaping can lead to damage in this organ, which is critical for breathing.
What is the lung?
The legal age to purchase vaping products in the United States.
What is 21?
This is the addictive chemical found in most vaping products.
What is nicotine?
This term refers to the small, battery-powered devices used for vaping.
What are e-cigarettes (or vapes)?
This condition, often linked to vaping, caused hospitalizations due to severe lung injury in 2019.
What is EVALI (E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury)?
This brand, once the top-selling e-cigarette company among teens, faced lawsuits and sales bans.
What is JUUL?
True or False: Vaping is completely harmless to your lungs.
What is false?
Long-term exposure to vaping aerosols may increase the risk of this chronic disease.
What is asthma (or chronic bronchitis/lung disease)?
In recent years, the FDA has taken steps to ban this specific category of vape product flavors.
What are fruity or sweet flavors?
These flavored vape products were especially popular among teens and contributed to a rise in youth vaping.
What are flavored pods or e-liquids?
This part of the brain, still developing in teens, can be negatively affected by nicotine.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This term describes using a vaping device to inhale substances other than nicotine.
What is “dabbing” (or using THC oils)?
The percentage of high school students who reported vaping in the past 30 days in 2023.
What is about 10% (actual numbers vary slightly by source)?
This psychological condition, linked to addiction, can worsen due to nicotine use from vaping.
What is anxiety (or depression)?
This U.S. government agency regulates the sale and marketing of vaping products.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?