E-Cigarettes and

Vape Pens 101

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E-Cigarette Basics Aerosol Contents

Health Risks Marketing Tactics

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E-Cigarette/Vape Pen
Basics

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 What Are E-Cigarettes?
Nicotine aerosol

Atomizer/coil
Battery

Absorbent material/cotton:
Nicotine
Propylene glycol
Vegetable glycerin
Flavorants

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Early Products
Variations
eGos and Tanks
Mods (Advanced Personal Vaporizers)
E-Juice/E-Liquid
E-Liquid Ingredients

Propylene Glycol
Vegetable Glycerin
Nicotine
Flavoring Chemicals

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E-Juice/E-Liquid

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E-Cigarette Basics

Aerosol Contents

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E-Cigarettes/Vape Pens: Just Water Vapor?

NOPE!
Its an Aerosol, Not a Vapor

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E-Cigarette/Vape Pen Aerosol Composition
Propylene glycol Chlorobenzene Benzo(ghi)perylene Cadmium
Glycerin Crotonaldehyde Acetone Silicon
Flavorings (many) Propionaldehyde Acrolein Lithium
Nicotine Benzaldehyde Silver Lead
NNN Valeric acid Nickel Magnesium
NNK Hexanal Tin Manganese
NAB Fluorine Sodium Potassium
NAT Anthracene Strontium Titanium
Ethylbenzene Pyrene Barium Zinc
Benzene Acenaphthylene Aluminum Zirconium
Xylene Acenapthene Chromium Calcium
Toluene Fluoranthene Boron Iron
Acetaldehyde Benz(a)anthracene Copper Sulfur
Formaldehyde Chrysene Selenium Vanadium
Naphthalene Retene Arsenic Cobalt
Styrene Benzo(a)pyrene Nitrosamines, Rubidium
Benzo(b)fluoranthen Indeno(1,2,3- Polycyclic aromatic
e cd)pyrene hydrocarbons
E-Cigarette/Vape Pen Aerosol Composition
Propylene glycol Chlorobenzene Benzo(ghi)perylene Cadmium
Glycerin Crotonaldehyde Acetone Silicon
Flavorings (many) Propionaldehyde Acrolein Lithium
Nicotine Benzaldehyde Silver Lead
NNN Valeric acid Nickel Magnesium
NNK Hexanal Tin Manganese
NAB Fluorine Sodium Potassium
All of these have been found in
NAT Anthracene Strontium Titanium
Ethylbenzene e-cigarette/vape
Pyrene pen aerosol
Barium Zinc
Benzene Acenaphthylene Aluminum Zirconium
Xylene Acenapthene Chromium Calcium
Toluene Fluoranthene Boron Iron
Acetaldehyde Benz(a)anthracene Copper Sulfur
Formaldehyde Chrysene Selenium Vanadium
Naphthalene Retene Arsenic Cobalt
Styrene Benzo(a)pyrene Nitrosamines, Rubidium
Benzo(b)fluoranthen Indeno(1,2,3- Polycyclic aromatic
e cd)pyrene Compounds in yellow are from FDA 2012,
hydrocarbons
Harmful and Potentially Harmful Substances
Established List
Nicotine Amounts
E-Cigarette Basics Aerosol Contents

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e-cigarettes/vape Increasing Popularity
pens User
Non-User
2013 2014
Health Risks to E-cigarette/Vape Pen User

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Effects of E-Cigarettes/Vape Pens

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Health Effects on Others

CDC poison calls

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Thirdhand Smoke

Nicotine & other chemicals

E-Cigarette Basics Aerosol Contents

Marketing Tactics

Health Risks
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The Usual Suspects
Who is going to replace the old
smokers?
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUR AGE
88% of adult smokers started before 18
How are e-cigarette and vape
manufactures reaching young
people?
Flavors
Trendy Products
Targeted Marketing
Marketing
E-Cigarette
Aerosol Tactics
Basics
Contents
Health Risks

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