Is that JUUL or USB Flash Drive?

What is JUUL?

• JUUL is a brand of e-cigarette that is shaped like a USB flash drive. Like other e-cigarettes, JUUL is a battery-powered device that heats a nicotine-containing liquid to produce an aerosol that is inhaled.
• All JUUL e-cigarettes have a high level of nicotine. According to the manufacturer, a single JUUL pod contains as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes.
• JUUL is one of a few e-cigarettes that use nicotine salts, which allow particularly high levels of nicotine to be inhaled more easily and with less irritation than the free-base nicotine that has traditionally been used in tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.
• News outlets and social media sites report widespread use of JUUL by students in schools, including classrooms and bathrooms.
• Approximately two-thirds of JUUL users aged 15 – 24 do not know that JUUL always contains nicotine.
• Using an e-cigarette is sometimes called “vaping” or “JUULing.”

Statistics on Teenage Vaping Usage

(parentology.com September 18, 2019)

statistics on teenage vaping usage are alarming:

• In 2018, 20.8% (1 out of every 5) high school students reported that they had vaped in the last 30 days, an increase from 1.5% in 2011.
• In 2018, almost 4.9% of middle school students reported that they had vaped in the last 30 days, an increase from 0.6% in 2011.
• In 2018, more than 3.6 million teens in the US used e-cigs.
• A 2019 study shows an increase of 74% in teens vaping in Canada.
• 68% of high school vapers use flavors, an increase from 20% in 2018.
• Most teen e-cigarette users aren’t aware that e-cigs contain nicotine, with 60% of teens believing that the device contains mostly flavoring.

According to Washingtonpost, the latest federal data show there are more than 2,000 cases (vaping-linked illnesses) across every state but Alaska connected to vaping or e-cigarettes, which are battery-powered devices that can look like flash drives and pens and that mimic smoking by heating liquids containing substances such as nicotine and marijuana. At least 42 deaths in 24 states and the District of Columbia have been confirmed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

On Nov. 8, CDC officials announced a “breakthrough” discovery, saying they identified vitamin E acetate in the lung fluids of 29 people sickened in the outbreak of dangerous vaping-related lung injuries. The finding points to the oil as a likely culprit in the outbreak, a top official said.



Credit:
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/index.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html
https://www.factstatistics.com/health/vaping-statistics/
https://parentology.com/statistics-on-teenage-vaping-what-parents-need-to-know/
https://www.newsweek.com/dangers-vaping-facts-statistics-health-risks-e-cigarettes-lung-illness-causes-teen-deaths-1462071
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juul
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/09/07/what-we-know-about-mysterious-vaping-linked-illnesses-deaths/