Safe Air for Lili
Lili has asthma and needs to stay away from things that could make it hard for her to breathe – including when she's at home.
Your vape contains a lot of unknown and potentially harmful substances. You might decide you want to vape anyway, but what about the people around you? What about the people you love? Some people are particularly sensitive to being harmed by the substances in secondhand vape – there are simple things you can do to protect them.
Secondhand vaping is like secondhand smoking – when someone vapes indoors, it affects other people too – especially children. See the videos below.
Secondhand vaping is like secondhand smoking – when someone vapes indoors, it affects other people too – especially children. See the videos below.
Experts warn against vaping or e-cigarette use, especially during outbreaks of two severe lung diseases:
www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/Pages/Vaping-Health-Advisory.aspx
The cloud is not water vapor, it's an aerosol with liquid particles suspended in it.
Aerosol, like hairspray, leaves a residue on surfaces including people’s lungs. Some of the chemicals found in vape aerosols include those used for:
Source: med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit/E-Cigs/ECigUnit2.html
Did you know? Nicotine is as addictive as heroin.
Nicotine is highly addictive and can harm brain development. It contributes to problems with concentration, learning, and impulse control.
Vaping products are largely unregulated. In a recent study, vape juices advertised as having zero nicotine were tested, and over 90% of them contained up to 24% nicotine.
Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29280749; stillblowingsmoke.org
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Many teens are using pocket-size vape devices or e-cigarettes at home or school. Vaping produces an aerosol, often mistaken for water vapor. The vapes are often odorless and quickly heat to dispense nicotine, flavored liquids or high-potency THC (cannabis or marijuana).
3 out of 5 9th grade students said they feel obtaining vape devices is easy.
Source: Ventura County California Healthy Kids Survey, 2017-18
Flavored vape pens and e-juice seem harmless to kids.
A Stanford study found that vaping ads have been widely promoted on the social media platforms teens use, and spread via #hashtags and paid social media influencers.
Source: “JUUL Advertising Over its First Three Years on the Market,” Stanford University School of Medicine
Heavy marijuana use by teens may permanently lower IQ up to 8 points.
THC is the main mood-altering ingredient in marijuana (cannabis). The extracts or concentrates used in vaping marijuana are extremely potent – between 50% and 90% THC.
Cannabis use can have long-lasting or permanent effects on the developing adolescent brain. It contributes to decreased problem-solving skills, reduced attention span, and poor memory. This can lead to a decline in school performance.
Sources: www.justthinktwice.gov/facts-about-marijuana-concentrates; Gertson, L. (2016). “What the Science Says About Adolescent Use of Cannabis.” Ventura County Behavioral Health
Know what to look for.
Research shows that parents are the #1 reason children decide not to do drugs.
Youth e-cigarette use remains an ongoing concern as the survey found that more than 2 million U.S. middle school and high school e-cigarette users used e-cigarettes in 2021, and almost 85 percent of youths using e-cigarettes used flavored products.
A monumental set of decisions is expected Thursday from the Food and Drug Administration that could reshape the tobacco industry for years to come by limiting, or altogether blocking, the sale of millions of e-cigarette products.
Learn more about the benefits of This is Quitting, a text-based program that helps teens and young adults quit vaping.
