Podcast: Vaping Questions and Answers

Is vaping safe? Are there any side effects? Are e-cigarettes safer than smoking and do vapes prevent people from starting smoking? In the wake of the vaping epidemic that has been gripping America, I was curious about what the research said. In this episode (episode 14) you will learn what I discovered when I investigated the research on e-cigarettes – what we know and what we still don't know. My hope is to help the parents of kids who are vaping or who are curious about it.

Podcast Episode

Episode Summary

• Myth of the week: does lifting weights stunt growth of kids?
• How many people have been harmed by e-cigarettes
• What is causing the vaping lung problems?
• How old do you need to be to buy e-cigarettes?
• How do teenagers buy vapes?
• Do teenagers know the ingredients in e-cigarettes?
• E-cigarettes warning labels
• Who should not use e-cigarettes
• what vape flavors are considered harmful?
• how does glycerine work in e-cigarettes?
• Is nicotine safe?
• Is vaping safe?
• What about e-cigarette explosions?
• Does vaping reduce smoking?
• What are the biological effects of e-cigarettes in the body?
• Is second-hand vape smoke safe?
• Quote of the week

References

1. How Do Adolescents Get Their E-Cigarettes and Other Electronic Vaping Devices?
2. Teens and E-cigarettes (NIH)
3. Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths
4. Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury — United States, October 2019
5. Vaping-related illness has a new name: EVALI
6. Nearly 1,300 injuries and 29 deaths in the U.S. have been tied to vaping
7. Use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) impairs indoor air quality and increases FeNO levels of e-cigarette consumers
8. Flavored e-cigarette liquids and cinnamaldehyde impair respiratory innate immune cell function.
9. The role of E-liquid vegetable glycerin and exhaled aerosol on cue-reactivity to tank-based electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
10. Acute Impact of Tobacco vs Electronic Cigarette Smoking on Oxidative Stress and Vascular Function.
11. Metal Concentrations in e-Cigarette Liquid and Aerosol Samples: The Contribution of Metallic Coils
12. The Dangerous Flavors of E-Cigarettes
13. A systematic review of consumer preference for e-cigarette attributes: Flavor, nicotine strength, and type.
14. Near-fatal intoxication by nicotine and propylene glycol injection: a case report of an e-liquid poisoning
15. Exposure Calls to U. S. Poison Centers Involving Electronic Cigarettes and Conventional Cigarettes—September 2010–December 2014
16. This teen's vape exploded, shattering his jaw (CNN)
17. Electronic cigarette explosion and burn injuries, US Emergency Departments 2015–2017
18. Florida man dies from exploding electronic cigarette: Autopsy  (ABC News)
19. Recent Research Sheds New Light on Why Nicotine is So Addictive (NIH)

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