Every High School teacher I talk to tells me how often they see teens vaping. The minute the bell rings and they reach the parking lot, they start.
This generation seems to have stopped smoking cigarettes but have picked up this habit which is not healthy either and has it’s own set of very real problems.
Teens That Vape
Teens that vape are not just inhaling flavor, they’re inhaling:
- Toxic chemicals linked to cancer and heart disease
- Nicotine
You can vape without tobacco but there is still plenty of nicotine inside regardless. In fact, in the most popular product, the JUUL, one pod the same amount of nicotine as a whole pack of cigarettes.
Teens think that if it says tobacco free that there is no nicotine but that is completely wrong.
The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University completed a study on 517 kids aged 12-21 found that 40% of teens who thought they were using nicotine-free products had positive urine sample tests.
Is Nicotine Bad for You?
Absolutely. Nicotine is not only highly addictive but it severely effects brain development. It can also cause you to lose focus and change your mood.
“Nicotine also changes the way synapses are formed, which can harm the parts of the brain that control attention and learning.”
The bottom line here, is that teens often think that vaping is harmless but they are absolutely wrong.
It’s important to make sure they understand how harmful vaping is and that the look at it in the same way they look at smoking.
The Surgeon General has a great Parent Tip Sheet to help walk you through talking about this subject with your kids in a natural way.
Even if you don’t think your kids are vaping, these are important conversations to have.
Have you talked to your kids about vaping?
Liz is a just a mom trying to keep it real about how little she sleeps, how often she gets puked on and how much she loves them. You can find her here every day writing about real-mom moments.
BeggarMidas says
At the VERY least, your article should be considered misleading. At worst an outright inventive fiction. The simple fact is the US surgeon general made a snap judgement call, with zero empirical knowledge about vapes at all. He based his call off of his dislike of cigarette smoking, and one very badly botched study in which the researcher badly misunderstood the vape process altogether(He burnt the wicks dry, and in one go. His data for toxicology was unreplicatable, and therefore dismissable.). Now in your case, i’ve no idea whether you, like the SG are just knee jerking vapes to take the space you’d previously reserved for cigarette smokers or are being actively disingenuous….But I’d suggest publishing a correction, or just retract the article,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995250/
David says
I would recommend looking for more useful analogues. For example, Delta-8 has an extremely powerful effect on the immune system. There was also a reduction in the size of tumors and the complete elimination of nausea in patients who were ill from other drugs. Of course, you will only feel the benefits if you use the product in moderation, you can find a large assortment here https://herbzdepot.com/product-category/delta-8/
Emma says
Today, more and more people are trying to give up cigarettes and are switching to alternative, safer forms of smoking, such as vapor systems. Vaping has many advantages over smoking tobacco. In particular, electronic cigarettes contain less nicotine, and the vapor does not release soot or tar into the lungs. In this store https://bigcloudvaporbar.ca/ , you can always find the best option for yourself. The most popular systems are POD and vapes.
Amanda says
But medium and high power vapes are absolutely safe, because even vaping in bed eliminates the risk of fire, you will not spoil your clothes and surrounding objects with ash. In addition, here https://hazesmokeshop.com/ you can always choose the best option for yourself. If traditional smoking harms the human body and causes diseases of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, then vaping is much safer.