E-Cigarettes and Vapes What You Need to Know Charlie Wolff – District Security Coordinator, Station Commander, NJSP - Retired Former Drug Recognition Expert
What Is It? ❏ E-Cigs Allow users to ❏ Cigalikes inhale an aerosol, ❏ E-hookahs which typically ❏ Mods contains nicotine, ❏ Vape pens flavorings, and ❏ Vapes other additives. ❏ Tank systems
How Does It Work?
Latest and Greatest: The JUUL
Marketing Targets: ❖ Over 7000 Flavors: tutti frutti, cotton candy, sour gummy worms, mango, mint, creme brulee, cherry crush, chocolate treat... ❖ Hashtags / Snapchat Story ❖ Easily charged on laptop ❖ Vapor cloud is small and dissipates quickly ❖ Decal covers come in colorful designs
Decals/Skins for the Juul:
E-Cig Advertising: • Vape shops - sample and purchase refill liquids • 1971: cigarettes no longer advertised on tv/radio • 2014: television was second highest tracked marketed expense for e-cigs (MTV, Comedy Central - channels our children view) • Most popular way: e-cigarette advertising in retail stores (convenience stores and drug stores). • Social Media sites • Websites that focus on music, sports, entertainment...and, if you search for it on your device, more likely to pop up in ads
Other info: ❖ One in five eighth graders that currently use tobacco products got there by starting with e-cigarettes. ❖ E-cigs are a gateway for traditional tobacco use ❖ E-cigs are also used to smoke marijuana and other drugs ❖ “Dripping” - a trend where users drip e-liquid directly onto the coils and inhale the vapor
The FDA Warns... ❖ E-cigarettes can increase nicotine addiction among young people and may lead kids to try other tobacco products, including conventional cigarettes, which are known to cause disease and lead to premature death. ❖ The products may contain ingredients that are known to be toxic to humans. ❖ Health effects of inhalation are unknown
What do we know today about what is in the vapor? E-cigarette users exhale – passive vaping like secondhand smoke does ❖ happen. Studies so far show it contains: ❖ Nicotine ➢ Propylene Glycol which is converted to Propylene Oxide (a known ➢ carcinogen) when heated Formaldehyde a by-product given off during vaping and this is a ➢ chemical we use to embalm dead people. Not meant to be inhaled Glycerin an additive in some flavored juices. Glycerin is used topically in ➢ skin care/beauty products to moisturize. Dangers of inhaling these into the lungs are unknown at this point. ➢ Fine and ultrafine (UF) particles (in higher concentration than cigarette ➢ smoke) - constricts arteries, cause or worsen asthma Low levels of toxins known to cause cancer ➢ Nanoparticles of chromium, lead, nickel and tin - 25 times higher than ➢ before heated; Nanoparticles can pass through cell walls Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - think gasoline - can cause cancer ➢
Nicotine ❖ Nicotine is a highly addictive substance — and each hit of the JUUL packs quite the nicotine punch. The nicotine content is 0.7mL (or 59 mg/mL) per pod, which is approximately equivalent to one pack of cigarettes, or 200 puffs ❖ If teen smokes one pod a week, in 5 weeks, that’s equivalent to 100 cigarettes = an established smoker ❖ The JUUL also produces minimal byproduct, so you don't blow out an obnoxious cloud of smelly smoke or vapor.
Health Effects ❖ Nicotine can act as a neurotoxin and alter brain chemistry, so the brain doesn't function normally without it. (Adolescents’ brains are still developing.) Nicotine can cause mental health problems, ❖ behavioral problems, and actual changes in brain structure. (reduced impulse control, mood dysfunction, deficits in attention and cognition) Delivered in high doses, nicotine can be lethal. ❖ Exposure to liquid nicotine leads to calls to poison ❖ control centers. In 2014, more than half these calls were to report exposures to children under the age of 6. In July 2016, Congress passed an act that led to enforcement of child resistant packaging standards for e-cigarettes.
❖ Teens think it is “Fun & Cool” ❖ Curiosity ❖ Low perceived harm - referred to as “juuling” ❖ Sharing vaping stories on Snapchat, Teens Love Vaping for YouTube & Instagram ❖ On these sites: popularizing tricks such ALL These Reasons as blowing an “O” or exhaling via nose ❖ Some vape pens look like actual pens, and are undetected (Cloud 2.0 & MicroG) ❖ Easy to conceal/ use in school
WHERE DO YOU GO TO GET HELP? ❖ COME TO US - Our counselors can help your child if they are struggling with any form of nicotine use, whether they feel addicted or simply stuck in a cycle of peer pressure ❖ SMOKEFREE.GOV ❖ TEENSMOKEFREE.GOV
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