Nicotine
A mild stimulant, much like caffineVAEP Shareables are images utilizing graphics, colour and text to quickly teach people about vaping. Each Shareable provides the reference on the bottom. Save them to your phone or hard drive and share.
Nicotine myth
Like any substance, too much can cause adverse effects. For instance 4000mg of Tylenol can cause kidney and liver damage. But drugs that can be used safely by the public, called over-the-counter (OTC) medication, are available without a prescription such as nicotine.
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Nicotine treats neurological disorders
Nicotine is a mild stimulant and addictive, much like caffeine. It’s only when nicotine is abused such as teens seeking a ‘heady’ that it becomes a problem. Nicotine in eliquid helps smokers transition to a source of nicotine that doesn’t kill them.
Fraction of the harm
Science doesn’t change because of political borders! The effects of cigarette smoke are the same for humans everywhere in the world. It makes them sick then die slow painful deaths. Nicotine eliquid is a harm reduction for smokers anywhere in the world..
Nicotine is not the problem
When the tobacco and chemicals are burned more chemicals are produced. Cigarette smoke contains over 7000 chemicals. We know that over 1500 of those chemicals cause disease and 69 cause cancer.
Youth and nicotine
Incidence ages of smoking
People start smoking in their teens because youth experiment with adult taboos due to peer pressure and “sensation seeking”. Also, because the brain is still developing; it is building new connections making them more vulnerable to addiction.
It’s a numbers game
Tobacco companies rely on normal teenaged experimentation to create the next generation of smokers. Cigarette smoke is so addictive that after just 2 cigarettes, over 10% of youth have trouble saying ‘no’ to the next one. After 100 cigarettes (4-5 packs), 94% have trouble saying ‘no’.
