Tobacco / Vaping
Did you know that the Mariposa Youth Colation and YADA groups are actively educating teens in our community on the harms of vaping and smoking?
WHAT IS TOBACCO/VAPING?
Tobacco and Vape products are addictive substances that contain the chemical Nicotine.
Teens are highly susceptible to using Vape products, especially because it is a legal substance and can be easy to access, please talk to your teen about Vape products and check out the parent and youth resources tab.
Tobacco is a plant that contains the addictive chemical Nicotine. Cigarettes contain over 2,000 chemicals that harm your body and brain and can cause different types of cancers. These products not only harm the user but also the people around them through secondhand smoke/vape inhalation. Parents who smoke around their children increase their chances of having asthma attacks, respiratory infections, ear infections, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Vape products contain extremely high amounts of nicotine, vape products are increasingly harder to quit using.
HOW IS IT USED?
Smoked as a cigarette, cigar, or hookah.
Inhaled or vaped, which is an aerosolized version of the chemicals.
Oral consumption through smokeless chewing tobacco or snus.
STREET NAMES
Cigs, Shisha, Dip, Mods, Pen, Juul/Juuling, Vape, E-cig, Cloud Chasing
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
Vape pods or cartridges
Vape juice (refill liquid)
Hookah/water bongs
Lighters/matches
Ashtray
Cigarette butts
Rolling paper
SIGNS THAT SOMEONE IS USING TOBACCO/VAPE
Hair and clothes smell like cigarette smoke or vape
Increased coughing/breathing issues
Anxiousness
Increased irritability
Frequently going outside for breaks
SHORT-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS
Bad breath
Fatigue and dizziness
Dulling the senses of taste and smell
Coughing
Shortness of breath
Increased blood pressure
Increased heart rate
Decreased blood flow
Nausea
Headache
LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS
Stroke
Heart disease
Emphysema
Fertility issues
Teeth stains and rotting
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Mouth cancers
Bladder cancer
Lung cancer
Stomach cancer
Esophageal cancer
Cervical cancer
Colorectal cancer
Liver cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Ready to get Involved?
Organizations and community members involved in SUD/OUD are welcome to join!
Email Yara Castro at info@sosaheal.org or call 520-375-6050 for more information.