1. Vaping

2. What is an electronic cigarette? • Battery-operated • Turns liquid chemical (e-juice) into an aerosol that can be inhaled • Not a tobacco product • BUT may contain nicotine

3. Why were e-cigarettes invented? A tool to help smokers STOPsmoking!

4. Products on the Market • E-cigarettes entered the market in 2006 and is a rapidly changing product Vype

5. How it works: From liquid to vapour

6. So, what’s the big deal? • Perceived as safer and less harmful- yet long term health effects are largely unknown • Renormalizes cigarette smoking • Can encourage the use of other drugs • Marketed to youth (using social media, fun candy flavours) • Reports of batteries exploding • Child poisonings

7. Tear down the truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfQ6pKVkkl4

8. Health Effects Health Effects Immediate: • Light headedness • Throat irritation • Dizziness • Coughing • Increased heart rate and blood pressure • Lung inflammation Long-term: Research on long-term health effects of frequent aerosol exposure is unknown but some studies suggest possible lung damage.

9. Secondhand Exposure • Aerosols may pose a health risk to those exposed to second-hand e-cigarette “smoke” • Risks may include respiratory inflammation

10. Your lungs are at risk because… • They are exposed to substances that they’re not designed to handle/filter • The aerosol can contain heavy metals that can damage lung tissue • Cancer causing material can be released into your lungs

11. E-Juice • All e-juices are different • It could be made in an unsafe or unsanitary environment • More than 80 compounds • When chemicals are heated, they can produce harmful agents

12. What is Addiction? • An addiction is an urge to do something that is hard to control or stop • Long-term vaping may result in addiction but evidence of how addictive they are is not yet available.

13. What makes vaping so addictive? Nicotine (most e-juices have it!)

14. What is Nicotine? • Drug • Stimulant • Highly Addictive • Causes changes in brain chemistry • Found in most e-juices

15. 4x | Safer ≠ Safe | truth video 4x | Safer ≠ Safe | truth

16. Brains continue to develop up until what age? • 15 • 20 • 25 • 30

17. Vape and the Brain • Youth and young adults brains are still developing • Nicotine makes it harder for youth to concentrate, learn, or control their impulses • Nicotine can train your brain to be more easily addicted to other drugs like meth and cocaine

18. Consider the Consequences video Consider the Consequences

19. Smoke Free Ontario Act (SFOA) • Vaping any substance is NOT permitted on school property and additionally within 20m from the perimeter of the school • Indoors and Outdoors • Applies to all students, staff, visitors • Fine = $305 for first offence Sale and Supply • Youth supplying (giving a tobacco product/vaping device/any vape component including e-juice) to those under 19 years- not permitted • Adults purchasing for those under 19 years- not permitted • Fine= $490 for first offence

20. Niagara Smoke and Vape-Free Outdoor Spaces Bylaw Smoking tobacco, cannabis and vaping products is prohibited in the following public spaces: • Beaches (new) • Recreation trails (new) • Within 9 metres of an entrance or exit of a publicly accessible place, building or workplace (new) • Parks, playgrounds and sports fields • Splash pads and outdoor pools • Arenas and recreation centres • Outdoor areas of municipal and regional buildings • Bus shelters

21. Take Away Messages • Unknown long term health effects • Unknown ingredients • Potential risk of poisoning • Addiction

22. If You Have More Questions talk to… • School nurse • Teacher/Principal • Parents/Guardian • Kids Help Phone • Doctor