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1/5 Sunday Spotlight: I HIGHLY recommend this read. Helps explain why despite vaping possibly being a safer option for current adult smokers, it presents unique and significant concerns for youth. #noEcigs4kids
—> Why vaping is so dangerous for teenshttps://www.10news.com/news/national/why-vaping-is-so-dangerous-for-teens …
2/5 Sunday Spotlight: Levy (director of Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Boston Children's Hospital) said she's seen vape-addicted kids in her program showing psychiatric symptoms rarely seen with traditional cigarettes or among adults. Some have anxiety and cannot focus.
3/5 Sunday Spotlight: “Even to this day, I have kids saying, 'well, I thought it was safe' or 'I know it's safer than cigarettes,' " Levy said. "And 'safer than cigarettes' is a really low bar."
4/5 Sunday Spotlight: "These new generation electronic cigarettes, actually deliver a really high dose of nicotine, probably even higher than tobacco cigarettes," said Maciej Goniewicz, associate professor of oncology and pharmacology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
5/5 Sunday Spotlight: In a study last year, Goniewicz found higher levels of cotinine -a breakdown product of nicotine -in the urine of adolescent vapers than reported in prior research of teenage cigarette smokers.
Ecigs in adults NOT the same as in youth! #noEcigs4kids
Chuck- it’s NOT safer to vape if like a number of current smokers, you are a non transitioning dual user. Many dual users are actually consuming MORE toxins by adding vaping on top of current smoking than when they just smoked. Only safer IF transition off cigarettes occurs.
No under-age teen should vape. So let's crack down at point-of-sale and in high schools. Ideally, educate teens based on evidence. Maybe show them #OldFartsVaping to make it seem less "dope" (which means cool in kidspeak).
Sorry, I do not buy it. If old people started playing fortnite, kids would still play fortnite. I do agree with point-of-sale regulations though. The penalties are so weak. In California its 400, 800, 1200 penalty and 5th time caught its 30 day tobacco license ban. Very weak.
Thank you for your ongoing diligence! Vaping and e-cigarettes are not without risk, and dosing is a major issue! As a nicotine-dependent adult and a nurse, I fully support any effort to reduce nicotine use.
Without medical conditions (e.g. cancer, cardiovascular damages), there's no reason beyond your personal disgust against using smokefree nicotine. If you're indeed a nurse, you'd know that there can't be a dependence for nicotine itself without prior tobacco smoking ("priming").
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