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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
Did these kids have psychiatric symptoms, anxiety, or difficulty with concentration before initiating e-cig use? If so, have they worsened or lessened? Were any of these kids using other substances other than nicotine? These questions need to be answered not ommited.
These are actually really good questions, usually answered by actual science, but instead our government has decided that when the science is not there, anecdotal evidence is quite all right.
@JeromeAdamsMD I suggest some reading on the profiles of youths who have used cigarettes over last 50 years. High correlation to other mental health issues. As scientists, need to distinguish between causation and association.
My uncle was a southern baptist minister and though I had trouble with the fact that he smoked cigarettes I started smoking cigarettes.
SO anecdotal evidence is the new norm. Gotcha.
I would add the risks of high thc oils, vaped, serious mental health risks
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