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More recently, a joint survey by Harris Poll and Verkada (a company that makes vape detectors for schools) confirmed that the school bathroom is the No. 1 hot spot for teens who vape.
A school district in southeastern Kentucky has asked businesses to guard against selling vape pens to minors after students in a nearby county got sick from using vape pens that may have contained ...
Vaping was associated with an increased diagnosis of asthma and asthma-related school absences among Korean never-smoker high school students. [76] A 2018 review concluded that child vapers had a higher likelihood of more and more significant adverse effects than child smokers.
While they were not a longtime user of e-cigarettes, many of their friends began vaping in high school, some even middle school, and by the time they got to college, it was “normal” and accepted.
Nicotine use as a tool for quitting smoking has a good safety history. [36] Animal studies suggest that nicotine may adversely affect cognitive development in adolescence, but the relevance of these findings to human brain development is disputed. [37] [27] At low amounts, it has a mild analgesic effect. [38]
Vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), [4] also known as vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) [1] or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), [2] [a] is an umbrella term, [15] [16] used to describe lung diseases associated with the use of vaping products that can be severe and life-threatening. [3]
It’s easy for kids to get their hands on vape and tobacco products in this environment, as evidenced by the large number of vapes confiscated in elementary, middle and high schools around the ...
Therapeutic vapes with a nicotine concentration of 20 mg/mL or less are available from a pharmacy to anyone 18 years or older subject to a pharmacists approval. Therapeutic vapes with a nicotine concentration greater than 20 mg/mL or for anyone under 18 require a prescription. [168] Australia is developing regulations on e-cigarettes. [169]