What is in a Vape?
How old do you have to be to purchase a vape?
21
True
True or False: When you are addicted to e-cigarettes, it means you cannot stop using e-cigarettes (without help)
True, however with resources and help from others breaking the addiction is possible
What is the name of the addictive chemical found in tobacco products?
Nicotine
Name a peer pressure refusal strategy
walk away
say no
change the subject
make an excuse
etc.
Nicotine addiction happens faster in teens than adults, why?
Their brains are still developing
True or False: There is more nicotine in a JUUL (brand) compared to other e-cigarettes?
True
What is the difference between direct peer pressure and indirect peer pressure?
Direct: telling you to do something that you do not want to do
Indirect: everyone else is doing it but not telling you to do it but you feel like in order to fit in you need to do what they are doing
Name one way vaping could affect athletic performance.
reduced lung capacity
endurance problems
breathing issues
could get kicked off the team
Some vapes liquids contain tiny metal particles from the device itself. Name one possible metal.
Lead, nickel, tin
Advertisements about e-cigarettes are meant to make young people use them. Name two strategies companies used to target young people.
Celebrities
Colorful imagery
Sense of freedom
Appealing to status
Flavors
Name four parts of your body that can be harmed by using vapes
Lungs
Heart
Brain
Skin
Mouth
etc.
Formaldehyde is often found in vapes, what is it commonly used for?
To preserve dead bodies
What is assertiveness?
being confident in your own choices, speaking up for yourself and remaining respect towards others.
Nicotine affects what part of the brain?
The frontal lobe (in charge of decision making, long-term goal setting, empathy and impulse control