VAPING & E-CIGARETTES
What is an E-Cigarette? Electronic cigarettes typically use a rechargeable battery-operated heating element to vaporize the nicotine in a replaceable cartridge. Nicotine, the addictive element of tobacco, is usually dissolved in propylene glycol, a clear and colorless liquid that is commonly found in inhalers, cough medicines, and other products.
These products are also known as Vapes, Vape Pens, Hydes, JUULs, Pod Mods, Tanks, e-hookah, e-cigars, etc.
Harmless Water Vapor? Think Again. Studies of e-cigarette aerosol, inaccurately called vapor by the industry (to make it sound "safe") have found the following chemicals:
These products are also known as Vapes, Vape Pens, Hydes, JUULs, Pod Mods, Tanks, e-hookah, e-cigars, etc.
Harmless Water Vapor? Think Again. Studies of e-cigarette aerosol, inaccurately called vapor by the industry (to make it sound "safe") have found the following chemicals:
- Carcinogens: tobacco specific nitrosamines, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, lead, nickel and chromium
- Heavy Metals
- Other hazardous substances: acrolein, tin, toluene and aluminum
A TEASPOON OF E-JUICE, IF INGESTED, COULD KILL A CHILD OR ANIMAL
A TABLESPOON OF E-JUICE COULD KILL AN ADULT
A TABLESPOON OF E-JUICE COULD KILL AN ADULT
Though the quantities of these harmful compounds is often less in e-cigarette aerosol than in traditional cigarette smoke, sodium, iron, aluminum and nickel have been found in higher concentrations in e-cigarette aerosol than in cigarette smoke.
Lack of Regulation. There are currently NO Food and Drug Administration(FDA) restrictions on the ingredients added to e-cigarette liquid or requirements on the quality of manufacturing, or factual labeling of ingredients in e-cigarettes until 2021.
Health Effects.
At this time, evidence is not sufficient to know the range or severity of adverse health effects associated with the use of e-cigarettes or secondhand smoke exposure to aerosol from these products. However, there have been short-term studies conducted that show that vaping may cause serious health effects:
Lack of Regulation. There are currently NO Food and Drug Administration(FDA) restrictions on the ingredients added to e-cigarette liquid or requirements on the quality of manufacturing, or factual labeling of ingredients in e-cigarettes until 2021.
Health Effects.
At this time, evidence is not sufficient to know the range or severity of adverse health effects associated with the use of e-cigarettes or secondhand smoke exposure to aerosol from these products. However, there have been short-term studies conducted that show that vaping may cause serious health effects:
- E-cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance that effects the developing brain
- Youth use of nicotine in any form is unsafe - disrupts the developing brain
- Unsafe for pregnant women and development of fetus
- E-cigarette smoke may contribute to lung and bladder cancer, as well as heart disease
- Diacetyl a chemical used in many flavorants is shown to cause “popcorn lung” a chronic lung disease similar to COPD
- E-cigarettes are also know to explode
Recently, people who are using e-cigarettes have come down with a mysterious lung disease across the country. At least 33 people have died and 1479 have fallen ill from
a vaping-related lung disease
a vaping-related lung disease
