"In the Haze" (Vaping 101)
An electronic device that heats a liquid to create a breathable aerosol, or mist.
What is an e-cigarette or vape?
True or False: It is just water vapor coming out of a vape.
True or False: Nicotine-free e-cigarettes are completely safe.
What is false (they can still contain other harmful chemicals)?
The age you must be in the U.S. to legally purchase a vape.
What is 21?
The highly addictive, toxic chemical found in most vape juices, which increases your heart rate and blood pressure.
What is nicotine?
Vaping can negatively affect a teen's developing brain, which can lead to problems with attention, learning, and this other mental skill.
Memory.
True or False: Secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes is not harmful to people nearby.
What is false (it can expose non-users to chemicals and nicotine)?
A strategy to resist peer pressure, which involves hanging out with friends who also don't use tobacco.
What is "Strength in Numbers"?
Besides nicotine, this category of ingredients, which often smell like candy or fruit, are a major selling point for vapes.
What are flavorings?
Besides lung damage, vaping can also lead to a higher risk of this condition, which affects your heart and blood vessels.
High blood pressure.
True or False: If a child drinks the liquid from a vape pod, it can be deadly.
What is true?
Name two symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
What are anxiety, fatigue, sweating, or depression?
The name for the tiny, device-heating element in a vape that can release heavy metal particles when heated.
What is the coil?
What is the term for when someone ingests too much nicotine, which can lead to symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and dizziness?
Nicotine poisoning.
True or False: Vaping can't lead to cigarette smoking.
What is false (teens who vape are more likely to start smoking)?
Instead of vaping, you can use this technique to cope with cravings.
What is exercise, talking to a friend, or deep breathing?
Vaping is sometimes used by teens to cope with this, but nicotine can actually make it worse.
What is stress or anxiety?
True or False: Flavored vapes are safer than other types of vapes.
False; all e-cigarettes are unsafe for youth.
True or False:
A single JUUL pod contains as much nicotine as a whole pack of cigarettes.
True. A single JUUL pod contains as much nicotine as about 20 cigarettes.
Ways to support a friend trying to quit.
What are being supportive, non-judgmental, and offering information about quitting programs?