Vaping Basics
What year were vapes first sold in the USA?
2007
True or False: Vaping can permanently damage your impulse control.
True
Nicotine influences 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.
Is vaping marijuana addictive?
Yes
True or False: Vaping can cause mood swings and irritability.
True
Can vaping effect your image?
Yes...
It can effect how other people see you and what they say about you.
Which part is not part of a vaping device?
a). e-juice b). micro processor c). water
d). absorbent materials (i.e. cotton)
e). battery
C. Water
How can vaping affect your ability to learn and focus?
It can negatively affect your ability to learn and focus.
Vaping has been associated with negative impacts on learning and memory processes in adolescents; affecting the ability to form and retain memories
Nicotine exposure through vaping may impair attention and concentration in adolescents; impact academic performance and overall cognitive abilities.
Which is worse...vaping nicotine or vaping marijuana?
Marijuana
Nicotine leaves your system completely after 10 days, while marijuana is stored in your fatty tissues faster than your body can eliminate it
True or False: Vaping helps to relieve anxiety
False
How can vaping effect the way you interact with others?
Many more interactions in the bathroom
How old was the youngest person who died from vaping?
15 years old.
What age is your brain fully developed?
26+ years
Adolescence is a critical period for brain development, and exposure to nicotine during this time can have long-lasting effects on cognitive functions.
True or False:
Edibles impact your body more than vaping/smoking
False:
Edibles impact your body differently. It takes the liver longer to break down edibles
What are two mental health disorders that can be caused by vaping?
Depression and Anxiety
What happens in your family when you vape?
If they don't know you vape, you tend to not spend as much time with them.
It can affect the trust
It can impact sibling opinion of you
True or False: Flavored vapes are illegal in CA
True
Flavors for all tobacco/nicotine products were made illegal by a vote of the people in 2022
True or False: Vaping in 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: Marijuana is a medicine
FALSE
Why do most teens start vaping?
Stress
Depression
Boredom
What happens to the people you hang around when you start vaping?
it can cause you to hang around people that vape instead of your regular friends.
Vaping can also have social and behavioral consequences.
How much more nicotine does vapes have than a pack of cigarettes?
Cigarette: 20 mg per pack (1mg per cigarettes)
90 mg in most vapes: 90 cigarettes
What part of your brain is responsible for logic and reasoning?
Pre-Frontal Cortex
True or False: when you start using marijuana as a coping mechanism, it tends to become the coping skill for everything
True:
Synaptic Pruning
How can vaping effect you if you already have depression or anxiety?
It can amplify the effects of depression and/or anxiety.
What is the average amount of money a vape user spend on vape products per year?
$500-$1000