The Basics
The act of inhaling and exhaling the vapor from a device like an e-cigarette or vape pen.
What is vaping?
Vaping is safer than cigarettes?
False
One visible, physical impact that nicotine can have on your body is causing this condition to occur prematurely
What is aging your skin?
This demographic group is targeted by the vaping industry and referred to as "replacement customers" for customers the industry loses.
Who are young people (or youth)?
This is the substance found in tobacco that acts as a stimulant and can make you feel like you have more energy, but only for a short term.
What is nicotine?
What is the main active ingredient in tobacco that causes addiction?
Nicotine
What are some risks of using tobacco products?
Increased risk of cancer, heart disease, and addiction.
The number of times more likely people who vape are to start smoking cigarettes compared to those who do not vape.
What is seven times?
The food-grade ingredient found in vape juice that is safe to eat in some foods but is not safe to inhale into the lungs.
What is diacetyl?
True or False: Experimenting with drugs at a young age can lead to long-term addiction.
True
What is the term for the harmful effects that occur when someone stops using a substance they are addicted to?
Withdrawal symptoms
True or False: Vaping is completely risk-free and poses no health threats.
False. Vaping can still pose health risks.
This organization issued a warning about vaping devices in 2008, within a year of the first devices being released.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)
Nicotine users who successfully quit report a reduction in their general level of this specific mental health symptom
What is anxiety?
Doctors have reported seeing this type of severe internal damage inside the lungs of vapers, often linked to the inhaled substances.
What are chemical burns?
What demographic has seen a concerning increase in nicotine addiction due to vaping?
Teenagers and young adults.
What neurotransmitter, often referred to as the "Feel-Good" chemical, is commonly released in the brain during substance use, leading to feelings of pleasure and reward?
Dopamine.
This is the reason why, if you are dependent on nicotine, the same dose will eventually not be enough to deliver the same pleasing feelings
What is tolerance (or needing more to feel the same effects)?
Nicotine can damage these three major body components: the lungs, the arteries, and this major health defense system.
What is the immune system?
What serious lung condition, linked to vaping, was identified and widely reported in 2019?
EVALI (E-Cigarette Or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury).