The new school year starts today with new opportunities and challenges for our students! With the alarming increases in vaping among youth, this is a great time to remind our kids that vaping products, like Juul, are considered tobacco products. …
Youth & Tobacco Use – What the CDC Has to Say
“Youth use of tobacco in any form is unsafe,” according to the CDC. Flavorings, packaging, and misconceptions about the safety of vaping have led to an increase in electronic cigarettes among middle and high school students.
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If not, you are missing out on some great resources that not only cover drugs, alcohol and tobacco, but other issues like peer pressure, bullying, self-image, etc. that teens deal with.
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What Is the Truth about e-cigarettes?
There’s a lot of misconceptions about e-cigarettes and how they can affect our health. What we do know is that e-cigarettes do, in fact, contain nicotine, and nicotine is addictive.
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The Dangers of E-Cigarettes
Featured in the Johns Hopkins Newsletter , a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that e-cigarettes not only deliver nicotine which can lead to addiction, but can lead to an increased risk in cardiac arrest …