Vaping Devices
What are the different names vapes go by?
e-cigs,” “e-hookahs,” “mods,” “vape pens,” “vapes,” “tank systems,” and “electronic nicotine delivery systems.
What percentage of high schoolers vape?
20%
True or False
Nicotine is highly addictive.
True
Sends "feel good" chemicals to the brain and user requires regular use to maintain a sense of normalcy.
What do vapes produce?
Aerosols
includes nicotine and byproducts of the flavor chemicals. By standards also ingest chemicals when the user exhales'.
True or False
You only ingest water vapor when vaping.
FALSE
List the components of a vape device.
battery
heating element (atomizer)
cartridge, reservoir, or pod (contains liquid)
battery
mouthpiece
What percentage of middle school students vape?
4.9%
Would you recommend you younger siblings and cousins vape?
True or False
Vape devices have been known to cause fires and explosions, even during use.
True
True or False
Vapes often contain heavy metal and carcinogens.
True
Metals such as lead, nickel, and tin have been found in aerosols inhaled by vaping.
Substitute for cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products although more effective means are available.
JUULs are shaped to resemble what common technology device?
USB drives
Contain nicotine sales and contain the highest concentration of nicotine compared to other vaping devices.
What percentage of vaping products contained nicotine?
99%
This was found in a study of samples collected at smoke shops although many samples did not disclose that nicotine was contained in the product.
Nicotine in adolescence can harm the part of the brain the controls what?
Attention, learning, mood, and impulse control.
True or False
Reading the package label will inform user if particles or nicotine are contained in the product.
False
Packaging are unreliable. Packaging may say "no particles, nicotine, or carcinogens" although these are contained in the product.
What age does the brain completely develop?
25
New skills and memory create synapses in the brain. Adolescence develop synapses faster than adults and vaping alters how these synapses are formed.
True or False
Flavored vaping liquid is safe to inhaled because they are safe to ingest.
False
Your body processes material differently depending on how it enters the body.
What percentage of vaping companies are owned by large cigarette manufactures?
100%
The decline in cigarette use in adolescence prompted the spread of a newer cooler product to recapture their target consumer. (YOU)
What does EVALI stand for?
E-cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury
Similar to sever pneumonia linked to vitamin E contained in flavoring liquid.
Nicotine in vaping devices usually contain as much nicotine as __ to ___ cigarettes.
20-40 or 1-2 packs of cigarettes.
Since vapes are not regulated there is no way to standardized or control how much manufactures are placing in their devices.
True or False
E-cigarettes and vapes are FDA approved to aid patients in efforts to quite smoking.
FALSE
There are several approved options to aid in smoking cessation that have more studies to support use and efficacy.
True or False
Devices can be altered to contain marijuana or other substances.
True
There are also cartages that contain marijuana. NEVER trust what is contained in the liquid.
How many cases of EVALI was reported per the CDC in 2019?
>2,000 cases
What is the nicotine quite line number?
1-800-QUIT-NOW
Free
24h service
Several languages
What is contained in vaping liquid? (4)
water
food grade flavoring
nicotine, cannabis (THC or CBD)
propylene glycol (PG) or vegetable glycerin (VG).
List nicotine withdrawal symptoms (6)
irritability
restlessness
feeling anxious or depressed
trouble sleeping
problems concentrating
craving nicotine.