1. “Stop Calling It Vapor!”
The Truth About E-cigarettes

2. Learning Points Definition of e-cigarettes.
Difference between vapor and aerosol.
Some of the dangerous chemicals present in e-cigarette aerosol.
Explain what students will learn from this presentation.

3. E-cigarettes – What are they?
E-cigarette: battery-operated device designed to deliver nicotine with flavorings and other chemicals to users in aerosol instead of smoke. Also called vape pen, hookah pen, mods.
Aerosol: a substance (as an insect repellent or medicine) that is released from a container as a spray of tiny solid or liquid particles in gas.
Components of an e-cigarette
Battery: power for the electronic cigarette
Vaporizer: a sensor detects air flow when a user inhales and heats the liquid in the cartridge
Cartridge/mouthpiece: contains propylene glycol, water, flavoring, and nicotine
Right side: various types and brands of e-cigs and e-hookah pens.
Battery operated device that delivers nicotine in the form of an aerosol
Electronic smoking includes e-cigarettes, vape pens, hookah pens, vaporizers, mods

4. Vaporizer/atomizer coil Absorbent material/cotton:
Nicotine aerosol
Vaporizer/atomizer coil
Battery
Absorbent material/cotton:
Nicotine
Propylene glycol
Vegetable glycerin
Flavorants
Click to simulate the process of a users inhaling e-cigarette aerosol.

5. Vaporizing Refillable flavored tanks.
Flavoring is not state regulated or consistent
Different levels of nicotine
Over 7700 flavors
Toxic to consume
Highlights
The tanks can be refilled with different flavors which are extremely enticing to youth.
The flavors give the impression that it is safe to inhale.
The percentage of nicotine contained in the liquid often is not consistent with what is on the label.
E-juice is poisonous to consume.

6. E-cigarette fluids contain food grade chemicals safe for ingestion.
BUT
Long-term effects of intake through inhalation are unknown.
While the flavors have been approved for ingestion (to be eaten or drank), inhaling (breathing in) these heated flavors still have unknown results.

7. Here is a list of some of the dangerous chemicals inside of the aerosol inhaled and exhaled from e-cigarettes.
E-cigarette and flavor manufacturers and marketers should not represent or suggest that the flavor ingredients used in e-cigarettes are safe because they have FEMA GRAS status (Generally Recognized as Safe) for use in food because such statements are false and misleading
- Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) 3/3/2015

8. Which would you be comfortable inhaling?
This is vapor
Which would you be comfortable inhaling?
While vapor is just water, aerosol is water plus chemicals that linger behind. E-cigarettes produce an aerosol, not vapor.
This is aerosol

9. It’s not just vapor! Propylene glycol glycerin Flavorings (many)
Compounds in underlined are from FDA 2012, Harmful and Potentially Harmful Substances – Established List
It’s not just vapor!
Propylene glycol
glycerin
Flavorings (many)
Nicotine
NNN
NNK
NAB
NAT
Ethylbenzene
Benzene
P,m, xylene
Toluene
Acetaldehyde
Formaldehyde
Naphthalene
Styrene
Benzo(b)fluoranthene
Chlorobenzene
Crotonaldehyde
Propionaldehyde
Benzaldehyde
Valeric acid
Hexanal
Fluorine
Anthracene
Pyrene
Acenaphthylene
Acenapthene
Fluoranthene
Benz(a)anthracene
Chrysene
Retene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
Benzo(ghi)perylene
Acetone
Acrolein
Silver
Nickel
Tin
Sodium
Strontium
Barium
Aluminum
Chromium
Boron
Copper
Selenium
Arsenic
Cadmium
Silicon
Lithium
Lead
Magnesium
Manganese
Potassium
Titanium
Zinc
Zirconium
Calcium
Iron
Sulfur
Vanadium
Cobalt
Rhubidium
These are lists of chemicals that have been identified within exhaled aerosol. Many of these chemicals are carcinogens, meaning that they are known to cause cancer.
The far right column is full of metals, definitely not good to have in your lungs!

10. Why is it important to “Stop Calling is vapor?”
The word “vapor” or “vaping” gives the impression that it is harmless. Aerosol is not harmless.
The long term effects of using electronic smoking devices is unknown.
Our lungs are not designed to take in the different chemicals present in e-cigarette aerosol.
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