Addiction
How can smoking be the start of an addiction?
You will start to like it more and start depending on it more until you can’t go a day without it at all.
How can smoking affect you financially?
Spending money on vapes and tobacco will cost a lot causing you to lose money very quickly.
What is the most common type of tobacco?
Cigarettes.
Using the definition of tobacco, vaping, and smoking, how are they all related?
Tobacco is the plant which is rich in nicotine, and cigarettes and vapes use tobacco and nicotine to get you hooked to it.
In the United States alone, around what percent of people smoke? (Give or take 5%)
11%
How can a vaping addiction affect you and your health?
Vaping directly affects your lungs and can be worse than smoking. It will make you tired, do worse in activities, or even give you lung cancer.
Smoking can cause issues in your relationships and family. How can this happen?
Smoking releases a lot of smoke that is not good to inhale, so your friends or family won‘t want to be near you. You also could be depended on it so you might push other people away.
What is nicotine gum, is it popular, and how is it different than cigarettes?
It is gum that has nicotine that gets absorbed in your mouth. It is pretty popular around the world. Instead of smoking a cigarettes and getting smoke in your lungs, you just get the taste of nicotine.
Define addiction.
Physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects.
What is the legal age for smoking and vaping, but what age do most people actually start vaping?
21 is the legal age, but most teenagers start at 14-15.
Is it possible to break an addiction and how?
Yes, it is possible. If you get the proper help and therapy, you can stop an addiction.
What emotions can vaping cause or affect?
Even though it can provide short-term dopamine and pleasure, it can cause anxiety, depression, or even give you certain disorders
What is a cigar and is different than a cigarette?
A cigar is a big cigarette that is wrapped in tobacco containing substances. It is worse than a cigarette and is different because it has more tobacco and is wrapped in it.
What is tobacco?
Tobacco is nicotine-rich leaf that can produce dopamine. It can be ingested through smoking, vaping, and other things. It can be addictive
What type of nicotine is most expensive and is it actually better for you?
True synthetic nicotine is more expensive than others. It isn’t that much better for you and it’s still bad
If you were addicted to smoking, how would stopping feel and would it be hard?
It would be pretty hard and require a lot of strength to stop. Once you are addicted it is hard to stop. It would feel bad and you would feel deprived
What diseases can vaping and smoking cause?
It can cause lung cancer, COPD, EVALI, or other cardiovascular issues
How do E-Cigarettes work?
They have a battery that when turned on a heating element releases liquid that turns into tiny particles or aerosol that is like nicotine.
What is a JUUL?
A JUUL is brand of a type of e-cigarette. It was very popular between teenagers, but was also banned for that reason
How many people do you think die from smoking a year?
Around 500 thousand.
What addictive chemical is in nicotine that makes it addictive?
Dopamine, and other harmful things.
Does smoking affect your brain and mental growth? If so, how?
Researchers found that people who smoke have a thinner cerebral cortex, which is not good. It also can affect other parts of your brain control your emotions, and other things.
What is a tobacco patch, how does it work, and is it healthier than vaping?
It is a patch of nicotine that you put on your skin. You skin cells absorb the nicotine directly into your blood. It is worse for you because it can cause cancer easier and goes directly into your system.
What is EVALI, and what are Some symptoms0
EVALI is a disease caused by smoking and vaping that affects your internal organs. Symptoms are shortness of breath, coughing, chest pain, and rapid heartbeats
What are some short-term and long-term issues of vaping?
Short-term issues are coughing, vaping, shortness of breath. Long-term issues are that it can damage organs, cause cancer, and you can get addicted.