Vapes and e-cigarettes contain a number of ingredients found to be toxic that cause irritation to the lungs.  These can also cause serious health risks including irreversible lung damage and lung disease.

Some of these products contain a herbicide, normally used for killing weeds, that could cause acute lung injury, COPD, and may cause asthma and lung cancer in users. 

When your lungs aren't at top performance, 

neither is your game.

It is well established that nicotine negatively impacts the brain, especially during the teen years when many neural pathways are being developed. 

Research now shows that nicotine can amplify feelings of depression and anxiety.

If you are struggling with depression or anxiety*, 

vaping could be making it worse.

Quitting has been shown to reduce these feelings.

Text "Start My Quit" to 36072 or follow this link for more quit resources.

*If you are looking for depression or anxiety support, 

please text "4hope" to 741-741.

We now know that nicotine can amplify feelings of depression and anxiety.

Vaping and e-cigarettes are NOT an effective treatment for the symptoms of depression or anxiety.

If you are struggling with depression or anxiety*, vaping could be making it worse, but quitting has been shown to reduce feelings of depression.

Text "Start My Quit" to 36072 or follow this link for more quit resources.

*If you are looking for depression or anxiety support, 

please text "4hope" to 741-741.

Once they hook you, nicotine sucks you in.

As you may know, the brain develops until about age 25, building the part of the brain responsible for decision making and impulse control. 

Teens also build learning connections faster than adults and because addiction is a form of learning, that makes adolescents more at risk for addiction than adults might be. 

Addiction can be hard to break, but there is help.  

Text "Start My Quit" to 36072 or follow this link for more quit resources.