Welcome to GAMS E-Cigarettes Awareness Informational Page
Danger! Danger! Danger!
GETTING INFORMED ABOUT A DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC - E-CIGARETTE SMOKING
What are E-cigarettes?
- E-cigarettes are battery powered smoking devices that deliver nicotine through a liquid (called: e-juice,vaping, JUULing), which turns into a vapor when using the devices.
- E-cigarettes are electronic devices that heat a liquid and produce an aerosol or mix of small particles in the air.
E-cigarettes are Known by Many Different Names:
- vaping
- e-cigs
- JUUL or JUULing
- e-hookahs
- mods
- vape pens
- vapes
- tank systems
- electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)
What is Vaping?
- Vaping is using an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) or another vaping device.
Why it's Dangerous?
- Many kinds of e-cigarettes, but equally dangerous
- Unsafe
- Addictive drug
- Harmful to youth’s brain
- Kills
- Toxic
- Lung disease
- Affects: learning, mood, attention, impulse control
- Poison: by swallowing, breathing or absorbing the liquid through the skin or eyes.
- Contain nicotine (highly addictive)
- Contain heavy metals: nickel, tin & lead
- Contain ultra-fine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs.
- Contain cancer-causing chemicals
- Contain flavoring chemicals linked to serious lung disease
What is Nicotine?
- Nicotine is a toxic colorless or yellowish oily liquid.
- Nicotine is highly addictive drug
- Nicotine acts as a stimulant in small doses, but in larger amounts blocks the action of autonomic nerve and skeletal muscle cells.
- Nicotine is also used in insecticides (substances used to kill insects).
What’s in E-cigarette Aerosol?
- Volatile organic compounds
- Nicotine (highly addictive drug)
- Ultra-fine particles
- Flavoring such as diacetyl (highly toxic chemical), a chemical linked to a serous lung disease.
- Heavy metals such as nickel, tin and lead
What is Diacetyl?
Diacetyl is a highly toxic chemical compound that is very dangerous. Exposure can cause permanent, severe, and potentially lethal lung disease.
What do E-cigarettes Look Like?
- Cigarettes
- Cigars
- Pipes
- USB flash drives
- Pens
- Most e-cigarettes have a battery, a heating element, and a place to hold a liquid.
- E-cigarettes come in many shapes and sizes
Additional Resource
Learn more about the dangers of the e-cigarettes smoking epidemic (JUULing, Vaping, Tank System) below. (The information above was obtained from these resources.)
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Fred Yelton
Guidance Counselor
717-597-3226 ext. 20521