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Still don’t know what’s in your vaping device and everything that comes with it? Scroll down and find all the facts here.

E-cigs are marketed with ridiculous candy flavors to appeal to you.

https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/getthefacts.html

E-cigarette aerosols can contain acrolein, a herbicide primarily used to kill weeds.

https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/public-health-education/think-e-cigs-cant-harm-teens-health [accessed 2020 May 9].

One puff bar can contain about as much nicotine as two packs of cigarettes.

Williams R The rise of disposable JUUL-type e-cigarette devices Tobacco Control Published Online First: 05 December 2019. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055379 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/17/805972087/teens-are-still-vaping-flavors-thanks-to-new-disposable-vape-pens

Which of these chemicals found in e-cigs can lead to respiratory damage?




Goniewicz ML, Knysak J, Gawron M, et al. Levels of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from electronic cigarettes. Tobacco Control. 2014; 23(2):133-139. https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/public-health-education/think-e-cigs-cant-harm-teens-health#references

The nicotine in vaping products make it even harder to quit.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2016.

Willett JG, Bennett M, Hair EC, et al Recognition, use and perceptions of JUUL among youth and young adults. Tobacco Control Published Online First: 18 April 2018. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054273

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2016.

What marketing gimmicks do e-cig companies and tobacco companies have in common?




TrinketsandTrash.org, TobaccoFreeKids.org, and Tobacco.Standford.edu

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults. A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2016.

Most e-cigs have nicotine which can harm your brain development.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General—Executive Summary. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2016.

E-cig companies use the same tactics tobacco companies did in the past.

TrinketsandTrash.org, TobaccoFreeKids.org, and Stanford.edu.

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