"A lot of people still think e-cigarettes are not harmful. But studies show that nicotine is, pound for pound, as addictive as heroin." @Surgeon_General Jerome Adams at #CADCAForum Meet and Greetpic.twitter.com/1NhxnXNdll
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But again in terms of dependence, I think it is important that all people, especially young people, realize nicotine in both cigarettes and newer e-cigarettes can create rapid dependence, which can lead to harm.
The e cigarette epidemic among US youth is in fact creating harm- putting aside concerns about learning, attention, and memory, newly nicotine dependent (ie addicted) youth are significantly impairing the school / learning environment in communities across our country.
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And if you need help with an addiction of any kind,
@samhsagov helpline is good place to start.https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So I hope we all can can agree, no matter how you define addiction, e cigs can cause dependence and addiction, and we should all support the idea of
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No one in their right mind supports children vaping, but how you define and use the term "addiction" IS very important.https://filtermag.org/2019/02/07/what-a-breakthrough-e-cigarette-study-illustrates-about-addiction/ …
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If the argument now is that nicotine alone causes damage to the brain, then where are the millions of brain damaged adults who started smoking in their teens? Also what about the research that says nicotine actually PROTECTS the brain?http://discovermagazine.com/2014/march/13-nicotine-fix …
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It’s an orchestrated panic and the only impairment to the school / learning environment is the reaction to the “epidemic”
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My son’s grades went on a rapid decline when he (unbeknownst to us) starting
#vaping at age 15. Now that he’s hooked I have no idea how to get him off. Should we try nicotine patches?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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And these are seen to be actually helpful? My kids told me they'd be all the more interested in vaping e-cigs after reading the posters.pic.twitter.com/dVWiEuk6dh
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