E-cigarettes

By Thy Tran
Introduction
Thy Tran, B.S. in Health Science
tthy2903@gmail.com
Table of contents

Intro of E-
01 cigarettes 02 Target audience

03 How do vape
compares to
04 Additional
informations
cigarettes?
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E-Cigarettes
Definition and types of e-
cigarettes
 What are e-cigarettes?
● Electronic cigarettes are battery powered devices that people use to
heat liquid into a vapor that can be inhaled.
● Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling the aerosol which is produced
by an e-cigarette or similar device. Components include:
○ Cartridge or reservoir to hold a e-liquid
○ Heating element (atomizer)
○ Power source (battery)
○ Mouthpiece to inhale

Source: U.S. department of health and

human services, 2018.
 Cig-a-like Variations Vape Pens Mods Pod-Bases

-In the market -E-hookah and -Batteries that -Large size -These e-
around 2007. rechargeable can reach higher modifiable cigarettes look
versions temperature e-cigarettes like USBs and
allow for more contain
aerosol, nicotine disposable pods
and other with higher
chemicals to be amounts of
breathed into the nicotine than
lungs at a faster previous
rate. generations.

Source: Science News for Students

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Target Audience
Who? and Why?
Statistics:
○ 99% of E-Cig users are previous
or current tobacco users
○ 79% of E-Cig users are repeat
buyers
○ 70% of E-Cig users were looking
for an alternative to tobacco
before they found e-cigarettes
○ 49.5% of E-Cig users purchased
their first e-cigarette online due
to a lack of saturation in the “20% of people age 18 to 29 vape, compared to 9% of
market. people age 30 to 49, 7% of people age 50 to 64, and less
than 0.5% of people older than 65” (Hudson, 2021)

Sources:: (U.S. department of health and human services, 2020)

 How do young adults get vaping products?

Sources: (Liu et al., 2019 & Williams et al., 2015).

Reasons:

Source: USDHHS, 2019

What is being vape?

● Flavored liquids including chemicals like glycerin and

propylene glycol
● Flavored liquids with varying levels
of nicotine
● Flavored liquids with vitamins and
essential oils
● Leaf marijuana, THC oil/wax
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Comparison
Between traditional
cigarettes and e-cigarette
 ● What’s good about e-cigarettes is that they do not
produce tobacco smoke, which is the most dangerous
component of smoked cigarettes.
● But the term vaping is misleading because these
devices don’t produce pure water vapor. The aerosol
actually consists of many chemicals and fine particles,
many of which are toxic and dangerous, and seep deep
into the lungs and bloodstream when vaping.

● Vape devices for marijuana and oils

○ The device is used with THC oils, an active
ingredient in marijuana.
○ Vaping can lead to nicotine addiction and
increased risk for addiction to other drugs.
○ Vaping also exposes the lungs to a variety of
chemicals, including those added to e-liquids,
and other chemicals produced during the
heating/vaporizing process.
Source: https://adai.uw.edu/marijuana/factsheets/potency.htm
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Consequences
● Many people think of vaping as a “healthy
alternative” to smoking.
○ For one, vaping products contain nicotine, which is
highly addictive, so what starts as a habit can develop
into serious nicotine addiction
○ Nicotine also affects the development of brain circuits
that control attention and learning. Other risks include
mood disorders and permanent problems with impulse
control—failure to fight an urge or impulse that may
harm oneself or others

● There have been 2,807 hospitalized cases of serious lung injury associated with vaping products, resulting in 68
deaths as of February 2020 (CDC, 2020).
● Nearly 5,000 children younger than 5 received emergency room treatment for e-liquid nicotine exposure
between 2013 and 2017 (Truth Initiative, 2021)
● A recent study on mice found that 22.5% of subjects exposed to “e-cigarette smoke” for 54 weeks had
developed lung adenocarcinomas and 57.5% had developed bladder urothelial hyperplasia (Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, 2019).
Bronchiolitis obliterans

● Diacetyl, found in the majority of

e-liquids, linked to “popcorn
lung”
● Popcorn lung: inhaled chemicals
scar tissue in the lungs, making it
difficult to breathe.
● First known case in teen who
vaped for five months
Vaping and COVID
● Vaping poses a significant risk to
young people when it comes to
contracting, transmitting and
experiencing the health effects of
COVID-19.
● Young people who have vaped
are 5 times more likely than those
who haven’t vaped to be
diagnosed with the virus

● Because vaping weakens the cardiovascular, respiratory and immune systems,

vulnerability to the virus and its symptoms is elevated among those who vape.

(Gaija et al., 2020)

 While e-cigarettes contain far fewer toxins
than combustible cigarettes, they are not free
of toxins and still deliver harmful chemicals!
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References
● Allen et al. (2016). Flavoring chemicals in e-cigarettes: diacetyl, 2,3-pentanedione, and acetoin in a
sample of 51 products, including fruit-, candy-, and cocktail-flavored e-cigarettes.
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1510185
● Gaiha SM, Cheng J, Halpern-Felsher B. Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use,
and Coronavirus Disease 2019 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 1]. J Adolesc Health.
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https://www.abc4.com/sponsored/4pm-sponsored/vaping-injuries-climbing-more-difficult-to-
diagnose-during-time-of-covid-19-pandemic-proper-diagnosis-is-key/
● Hudson, L. (2021). Vaping statistic 2021. SingleCare Administration.
https://www.singlecare.com/blog/news/vaping-statistics/
● Truth Initiative. (2021). E-cigarettes: Facts, stats, and regulation.
https://truthinitiative.org/research-resources/emerging-tobacco-products/e-cigarettes-facts-
stats-and-regulations
● U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National
Center for Chronic Disease, Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. E-
Cigarette Use Among Youth And Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General — Executive
Summary.; 2016. https://e-
cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/2016_SGR_Exec_Summ_508.pdf. Accessed February
21, 2017.
● U.S. department of health and human services. (2020). Electronic cigarette use among U.S. adults, 2018.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db365.htm