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Vaping: What You Need to Know
School Health Program Public Health Nurse 2019-2020
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Vaping: What You Need to Know School Health Program Public Health - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Vaping: What You Need to Know School Health Program Public Health - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Vaping: What You Need to Know School Health Program Public Health Nurse 2019-2020 What is vaping? 2 Vaping Devices/Products 3 Vaping Liquids 4 First Generation 5 Second Generation Third Generation 6 USB-like Devices 7 Companies
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Vaping Devices/Products
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Vaping Liquids
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First Generation
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Second Generation Third Generation
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USB-like Devices
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Companies are targeting youth
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Youth Are at Risk!
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Other Health Risks
Can cause throat, mouth
and lung irritation
Risks of nicotine
addiction
Increase risk of smoking
cigarettes among youth
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A Cessation Aid?
Limited evidence Not licenced by Health Canada to
treat nicotine dependence
OPH recommends approved NRT
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Legal Status of Vaping SFOA
- Smoke-Free Ontario Act 2017 (SFOA) prohibits vaping in all the same
areas where tobacco smoking is already banned; this includes:
- Anywhere on school property (indoors and outdoors) and within 20
metres from the perimeter of the schools grounds
- Additionally, someone caught vaping on school property, as well
as caught selling or supplying vapour products to someone under 19 years can be charged for both offences, totaling $795 or more.
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How cannabis is consumed
Smoking Vaping Ingesting
Onset: minutes Lasts: up to 6+ hrs Onset: minutes Lasts: up to 6+ hrs Onset: 30min to 2hrs Lasts: up to 12+ hrs
RISKS
- Inhaling chemicals
- Poor lung health
RISKS
- Inhaling chemicals
- Unknown long-
term effects RISKS
- Easy to have too
much
- Longer intoxication
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Cannabis Health Risks for Youth
Brain development
- Continues to ~ 25 years old
- Changes in structure & function
Mental illness
- Psychosis and schizophrenia
Dependence
- Increased risk when use begins
in adolescence
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School Supports
School Addictions Counsellor Student Services or Guidance School Resource Officer (SRO) Tobacco Enforcement Officer (TEO) Public Health Nurse (PHN)
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