Vaping: Fact or Fiction

vAPING IS THE NEW FAD FOR TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Vaping is know as an alternative to cigarette smoking. In 2014 vaping companies such as “Juul” started displaying advertisements about vaping to their targeted audience, teenagers. The advertisements in magazines and TV commercials state that vaping is a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes. A vape cigarette pen is a device that resembles that looks like an usb that you would plug into your computer. The vape pen vaperizes oils that contain nicotine without the tobacco and other chemicals that are terrible for your lungs.

Advertisements in 2014 make the vape pens look like a healthy, fun and hip alternative to cigarette smoking. 

The video above is an advertisement that is displaying a positive effect on vaping. This video displays views of capers looking as:

  • healthy individuals
  • vaping as a recreational activity without consequences
  • a tool to help an individual quick smoking
  • young adults looking “cool” as they smoke the vape pen
By: Lindsay Fox
4 years into vaping…

In 2018 there have recently been new views on vaping and the negative effects it has had on society, teenagers and young adults.

In 2018:

1 in 5 high school students are using vaping pens

1 in 20 middle schools are using vaping pens

3.6 million students are engaging in the use of vaping pens…

Evidence based articles recently state the negative effects that vaping pens have on individuals and the long term effects that are not stated in advertisements towards young teens.

  • Vaping is now classified as a “gate way” drug to smoking cigarettes, individuals who start vaping are more likely to start smoking cigarettes
  • Although vaping pens do not contain tobacco, they contain chemicals and other unhealthy oils
  • Vaping has long term health complications including: shortness of breath, inflamed lungs, lung disease and respiratory problems
By: Mike Mozart

The media may be displaying a positive image on  vaping, but evidence based research has proved that vaping is not as healthy for you as perceived! 

 

References:

Sherratt, F. C., Newson, L., & Field, J. K. (2016). Electronic cigarettes: a survey of perceived patient use and attitudes among members of the British thoracic oncology group. Respiratory Research, 17(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-016-0367-y

Van Gucht, D., & Baeyens, F. (2016). Health professionals in Flanders perceive the potential health risksof vaping as lower than those of smoking but do not recommend using e-cigarettes to their smoking patients. Harm Reduction Journal, 13(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-016-0111-4

Wang, J. B., Olgin, J. E., Nah, G., Vittinghoff, E., Cataldo, J. K., Pletcher, M. J., & Marcus, G. M. (2018). Cigarette and e-cigarette dual use and risk of cardiopulmonary symptoms in the Health eHeart Study. Plos One, 13(7), e0198681. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198681

 

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