VAPING: Know the facts

OneEighty is dedicated to the prevention of substance use disorder, including use, abuse, and addiction to vaping and all tobacco products

WHAT IS VAPING?
•Inhaling and exhaling vapor produced by e-cigarettes, battery-powered device
•What are other names for e-cigarettes? E-cigs, vape pens, e-hookahs, e-pipes, tanks, mods, vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS, and more. Some people refer to vaping devices by their brand name such as JUUL (“the iPod of e-cigarettes”), bo, blu, and others.
•Products come in many shapes and sizes – usually small to be discreet; they can be used anywhere – at home, outside, in bathrooms, locker rooms and even classrooms.
•Hitting the Juul

WHAT IS IN A VAPING DEVICE?
•Propylene glycol, glycerin, water, nicotine, flavoring – many of the flavorings are sweet and candy-like appealing to youth
•Nicotine
•Cancer-causing agents
•Ultrafine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs
•Flavorings like diacetyl, a chemical which has been linked to serious lung disease
•Volatile organic compounds
Heavy metals

The CDC and Ohio Department of Health have the most up-to-date and accurate information regarding VAPING.

Please check out their websites below:

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html

https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/home

If you are interested in learning more about vaping prevention or would like to schedule a vaping prevention presentation, please contact: Rhiannon Whalen-Harris whalenr@one-eighty.org or 330-804-3135