VAPING
VAPING
VAPING
OVERVIEW:
Vaping devices are battery operated devices that people use to inhale aerosol which contains fewer
number and lower levels most toxicant than does smoke from combustible tobacco cigarettes. Also, this
OBJECTIVES:
1. define vaping
WHAT IS VAPING?
Vaping simulates smoking battery powered vape devices create an aerosol that looks like water
vapor but contains nicotine, flavoring and more than 30 other chemicals. The aerosol is inhaled
into the lungs where the nicotine and chemicals cross over into the bloodstream. The earliest vape
devices looked like cigarettes. Newer models look like a USB flash drive or small pod. Vapes come
in many shapes and sizes but they have the same basic components including a battery sensor
and atomizer/flavor cartridge. The e-liquid is quickly heated and converted to an aerosol that can
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has not found vaping to be safe and effective in helping
smokers quit. One study found that vaping was more effective than other nicotine replacement
therapies in helping people quit cigarettes so they stopped using cigarettes so they were still
getting nicotine and other dangerous chemicals. The study also noted that vaping makes teens
Cigarettes contain poisons, toxic metal, and carcinogens that enter the body with every puff.
Vapers also breathe in dangerous chemicals such as acetone, which is used as a solvent. Acetone
may irritate the skin and eyes when you come into contact with it. Other chemicals in vape may
Even though the term “vapor” is normally used, vape devices do not produce water vapor. Vaping
produces an aerosol mist. Unlike water vapor the aerosol mist includes ultra-fine particles that are
1. It stimulates smoking.
A. vaping C. inhaling
2. This looks like a water vapor but contains nicotine. Flavoring and more than 30 other
3. It is quickly heated and converted to an aerosol that can be inhaled to the lungs.
A. true C. maybe
C.
A. true C. maybe
ESSAY:
1. What is vaping?