Teen Vaping Guide

Parents are becoming more alert to the dangers of vaping, and are increasingly concerned, as word spreads about the ways in which young people are especially vulnerable to the lures and hazards of vaping.

E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that heat liquids and allow users to inhale aerosols containing nicotine and/or other substances that come in many shapes and sizes. The liquid they vaporize varies even more—in flavor, strength, and variety of ingredients. According to the American Lung Association, at present there are very few ways for anyone other than the manufacturers to know what chemicals are contained in e-liquids. Effects on the lungs are for the most part unknown, although one kind of e-liquid ingredient, diacetyl, is established as causing a kind of cancer called “popcorn lung.” In addition, the “vapor” is actually an aerosol, which contains fine and ultrafine particles that tend to lodge in the lungs. 

Sunshine Behavioral Health has compiled a Teen Vaping Guide to spread education and awareness about the dangers of vaping to younger people. 

Here are some highlights:

• Types of Vapes
• Bad Effects of Vaping
• Why Do Young People Vape?
• How Can You Tell If Your Child is Vaping?
• How Do You Stop Teens from Vaping?