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Unveiling the Risks of Vaping: The Truth Behind E-Cigarettes

Understand the dangers and unknowns of vaping, from harmful substances in e-juices to addiction risks linked to nicotine, especially for youth. Learn about regulations, health effects, and potential consequences to make informed decisions. Stay informed, stay safe! For help or further information, contact Public Health Tobacco Hotline or Community Addiction Services of Niagara.

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Unveiling the Risks of Vaping: The Truth Behind E-Cigarettes

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  1. Vaping

  2. What is an electronic cigarette? • Battery-operated • Turns liquid chemical (e-juice) into a vapour/aerosol that can be inhaled • Not a tobacco product -- BUT may contain nicotine

  3. How it works: From liquid to vapour

  4. Products on the Market • The e-cigarette is a rapidly changing product category that has evolved since first entering the market in 2006. Vype

  5. Why were e-cigarettes invented? As a tool to help smokers STOP smoking!

  6. So, what’s the big deal? • Perceived as safer and less harmful– yet long term health effects are largely unknown • Renormalizes cigarette smoking • Marketed to youth (using social media, fun candy flavours) • May act as a gateway to tobacco use • Draw former smokers back into nicotine addiction • Exposes non-users to toxins • Can be used for nicotine and other substances (cannabis) • Unregulated • Reports of batteries exploding • Child poisonings

  7. Tear down the truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfQ6pKVkkl4

  8. Health Effects Health Effects Immediate: • Light headedness, throat irritation, dizziness, coughing • Increased heart rate, blood pressure, and airway resistance • Lung inflammation Long-term: Research on long-term health effects of frequent aerosol exposure is unknown but some studies suggest possible lung damage.

  9. Your lungs are at risk because… • They are exposed to substances that they’re not designed to handle/filter • The aerosol can contain heavy metals that can damage lung tissue • Cancer causing material can be released into your lungs

  10. SecondhandExposure • Aerosols may pose a health risk to those exposed to second-hand e-cigarette vapour • Risks may include respiratory inflammation

  11. E-Juice • All e-juices are different • It could be made in an unsafe or unsanitary environment • More than 80 compounds have been found in e-juices that are linked to negative health effects • When heated– chemical reaction changes the compounds

  12. Addiction • Long-term vaping may result in addiction but evidence of how addictive they are is not yet available. • Addictiveness is based on: • Nicotine concentration • Flavouring • Type of device • Brand

  13. What makes vaping so addictive? Nicotine (most e-juices have it!)

  14. What is Nicotine? • Drug • Stimulant • Highly Addictive • Causes changes in brain chemistry • Found in most e-juices

  15. Vape and theBrain • Youth and young adults brains are still developing • Nicotine makes it harder for youth to concentrate, learn, or control their impulses • Nicotine can train your brain to be more easily addicted to other drugs like meth and cocaine

  16. E-Cigarette Use and Perceived Harm Among Youth E-cigarette use and perceived harm among Niagara students OSDUHS (2015)

  17. The DeNoble Files The DeNoble Files

  18. Smoke Free Ontario Act (SFOA) • Vaping any substance is NOT permitted on school property and additionally within 20m from the perimeter of the school • Indoors and Outdoors • Applies to all students, staff, visitors • Fine = $305 for first offence Sale and Supply • Youth supplying (giving a tobacco product, a vape, or any vape component- including e-juice) to those under 19 years- not permitted • Adults purchasing for those under 19 years- not permitted • Fine= $490 for first offence

  19. Niagara Smoke and Vape-Free Outdoor Spaces Bylaw Smoking tobacco, cannabis and vaping products is prohibited in the following public spaces: • Beaches (new) • Recreation trails (new) • Within 9 metres of an entrance or exit of a publicly accessible place, building or workplace (new) • Parks, playgrounds and sports fields • Splash pads and outdoor pools • Arenas and recreation centres • Outdoor areas of municipal and regional buildings • Bus shelters

  20. Take Away Messages • Unknown long term health effects • Unknown ingredients • Potential risk of poisoning • Addiction

  21. Consider the Consequences

  22. Where to get help • Public Health Tobacco Hotline • 905-688-8248 ext. 7393 • Community Addictions Services of Niagara • 905-684-1183 • Teacher / Principal / VP • Child and Youth Worker • Public Health Nurse • Doctor

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