E-cigarettes, also known as vapes, are battery-operated devices that heat a liquid and produce an aerosol. An aerosol is a mix of small particles released in the air. Some people refer to the aerosol from an e-cigarette as "vapor."
Learn more about vapes and e-cigarettes below.
913 VAPE FREE knows that people think it is important to make decisions based on facts and science. Since vape devices and products were introduced to the United States market in 2006-2007, research began to study the effects of these products on their users. That research is still in its infancy and involves many aspects, and it takes years to look at long-term effects.
What we do know, is that the use of electronic cigarettes (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems or ENDS) such as JUUL, has reached epidemic levels in our youth locally and across the country. The facts about e-cigarettes, products, their use, and their impact are included here on this site.
Popular terms for vaping devices include JUULs, e-cigarettes, e-cigs, smokeless cigarettes, vaporizers, vape, vape pens, vapor pens, mods, tanks, cigalikes, e-hookah, and hookah pens. These vary widely in size, shape, and design. Some look like computer flash drives or highlighters, while others are bulky and box-like.
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E-cigarette use poses a significant – and avoidable – health risk to young people in the United States. Besides increasing the possibility of addiction and long-term harm to brain development and respiratory health, e-cigarette use is associated with the use of other tobacco products that can do even more damage to the body. Even breathing e-cigarette aerosol that someone else has exhaled poses potential health risks.
CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and local health departments, and other clinical and public health partners are investigating a national outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI).
E-cigarettes can cause hazards from fires and explosions to poisoning and secondhand emissions from a wide range of substances.
Some call e-cigs healthier. Sure, if inhaling toxic chemicals sounds healthy to you. Read on to learn about the health risks of e-cigs, and find out why “harmless water vapor” is the most inaccurate description ever.
E-cigarettes may not contain tobacco, but they contain plenty of other chemicals.
Candy flavors make the chemicals even more addictive!
Have you or youth you know heard of or know about RESIST? Resist works to counteract tobacco influences on Kansas’ youth. Resist is a statewide, youth-led movement that advocates for the de-normalization of tobacco use among youth and unites communities to create one voice against the tobacco industry. Youth not only participate in tobacco control and prevention activities, but they help design the program! Resist efforts lead to youth empowerment, advocacy, and policy change.
Resist works to counteract tobacco influences on Kansas’ youth.
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If youth you know are interested in joining or starting a local chapter, please check out the website to find out how a new chapter can be formed.