Vaping T or F
True or False: There have been at least 2,000 deaths reported from vaping
True
As of February 18, 2020, a total of 2,807 hospitalized e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) cases or deaths have been reported to CDC
True or False: Vaping can permanently damage the part of the teen brain that manages impulse control (frontal lobe).
True
Nicotine affects neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, which play a crucial role in mood, attention, and impulse control. This can potentially lead to altered brain function and behavior.
How can vaping affect your mouth, eyes, and teeth?
Vaping can cause dry mouth and eyes.
Mouth: IT can cause yellowing of the teeth, gum disease, cavities and tooth decay.
True or False Vaping can cause mood swings and irritability.
True
True or False: E-Cigarettes commonly contain FORMALDEHYDE a chemical used to embalm dead bodies.
True
How can vaping affect your ability to learn and focus?
Nicotine can interfere with brain plasticity, affecting the ability to form and retain memories
Nicotine exposure through vaping can damage the frontal lobe and impair attention and concentration in adolescents. This can impact academic performance and overall cognitive abilities.
How can vaping affect your blood pressure and breathing rate?
It can raise both to unhealthy levels.
True or False: Vaping helps to relieve anxiety
False: Nicotine, a key component of many vaping products, can affect mood and cognition. It acts as a stimulant, which can increase chemical messages in the brain that cause anxiety. Nicotine can also cause cortisol to spike at times when the body should be winding down, such as at night, which can create anxiety.
How old was the youngest person who died from vaping related lung injury?
15 years old.
What age is your brain fully developed?
23-25 years old
How can vaping affect your bodys ability to fight off infections?
Vaping may weaken the immune system, making individuals more susceptible to infections and illnesses.
What are two mental health disorders that can be caused by vaping?
Depression and Anxiety
True or False: Using E-cigarrettes is better than smoking e cigarettes actually have less nicotine in them.
False
E-Cigarettes contain up to FOUR times the amount of nicotine than cigarettes
True or False: Vaping in adolescent and teenage years does not increase your odds of addiction as an adult.
False
The adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to the addictive properties of nicotine. Nicotine can affect the reward pathways in the brain, leading to increased susceptibility to addiction.
True or False: Vaping can increase the odds of having a Heart Attack
True
Why do most teens start vaping?
They start vaping to try and dampen mental health problem, such as depression and anxiety, even though it makes it worse in the long term.
Teens who vape more are likely to use other illicit substances such as marijuana.
Yes
Vaping nicotine in adolescence has been linked to an increased likelihood of using other substances, including traditional tobacco products and illicit drugs.
What chemical in vapes can cause addiction?
Nicotine
What NEW disease can vaping cause in your lungs? (other than cancer.....ugh)
Popcorn Lung
Diacetyl is frequently added to flavored e-liquid to enhance the taste. Inhaling diacetyl causes inflammation and may lead to permanent scarring in the smallest branches of the airways — popcorn lung — which makes breathing difficult. Popcorn lung has no lasting treatment.
What are the consequences of vaping at School?
We want you to quit, and will give you resources and access to people that can help-- but there are still disciplinary consequenses. You can't have illegal subtances at school and nicotine is illegal until you are 21 in WA.