Question

After watching the video "Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping," and reading the articles "Quick Facts on the Risks of E-cigarettes for Kids, Teens, and Young Adults" and "Vaping Devices (Electronic Cigarettes)" answer the following questions: a) What did you learn from the video and articles? b) What effect does electronic cigarettes/vaping have on your body? c) If a family member/friend asks you if it's safe to vape what would you answer? Provide support for you answer using information from the video and articles.

Answer 1

ANSWERS

a) Video and article describes electronic cigarettes are known as e-cigarettes, e-cigs, vape pens, or vapor cigarettes. These devices may look like traditional cigarettes, pens, or USB flash drives. They can be battery operated or rechargeable. E-cigarettes do not burn tobacco. Instead, they have cartridges filled with a liquid that may contain flavorants, nicotine, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or cannabinoid (CBD) oils and other chemicals. The e-cigarette heats the liquid chemicals into a vapor or steam that a person inhales, which is why using these is often called "vaping."

b) Electronic cigarettes/vaping effects kids, teens, and young Adults

• The use of e-cigarettes is unsafe for kids, teens, and young adults.
• Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s
• E-cigarettes can contain other harmful substances besides nicotine.
• Young people who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to smoke cigarettes in the future.

c) If a family memeber or friends asks about the use of e-cigarettes. I would suggest them not to start this habit because alternative tobacco products contain harmful chemicals and toxins that have health risks. The chemicals and toxins may cause serious health problems, including cancer. For example as of September 2019, there have been more than 800 cases of a severe lung disease, including 12 deaths, in the United States. All the affected patients reported previous use of vaping devices, but there is no confirmed link with a specific vaping device or e-liquid. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports so far indicate that most patients with this lung disease reported using products containing THC, but many also reported using nicotine. Some patients reported just using nicotine-containing e-cigarettes. Low doses may cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and eye irritation. High doses of nicotine may cause tachycardia, high blood pressure, seizures, coma, and death. Other than this , the FDA reported detecting ethylene glycol in some of the e-cigarettes and cancer-causing substances called nitrosamines in others.