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What is the problem of teenage vaping?
Vaping may pose serious and avoidable health risks. Exposure to nicotine during youth can lead to addiction and cause long-term harm to brain development. The vapor can also contain toxins (including ones that cause cancer) and tiny particles that are harmful when breathed in.
What are the main problems with vaping?
Besides nicotine, e-cigarettes can contain harmful and potentially harmful ingredients, including:
- ultrafine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs.
- flavorants such as diacetyl, a chemical linked to serious lung disease.
- volatile organic compounds.
- heavy metals, such as nickel, tin, and lead.
What concerns do school officials have about vaping?
Experts agree that vaping is harmful to students’ bodies and brains. There are toxic chemicals and metals in many e-cigarettes, and vaping can cause respiratory issues, and potentially cardiovascular problems, and even seizures.
What are the short term consequences of vaping?
However, various short-term negative health consequences have been associated with vaping. One study found people who had smoked e-cigarettes for seven months experienced an increase in shortness of breath, cough and fevers. Cases of lipoid pneumonia associated with e-cigarette use have been reported.
How does vaping affect teens in school?
slow brain development in teens and affect memory, concentration, learning, self-control, attention, and mood. increase the risk of other types of addiction later in life.
What educators need to know about vaping?
Many teens don’t understand that vaping is harmful. Most studies uniformly show that vaping is less harmful than smoking tobacco, but the jury is still out on the long-term effects vaping can have on teenagers. Nicotine can impede brain development, and vapes can deliver a high dosage of it.
What do you do if your child is addicted to vaping?
5 Tips to Help Teens Quit Vaping
- Reason with your child. Have an honest discussion about the effects of vaping and how this type of addiction can lead to other substance abuse.
- Be present.
- Talk, don’t punish.
- Appeal to their desire for independence.
- Equip them with support and resources.