Vaping and Beyond Vaping Vaping Basics Vaping is

Vaping and Beyond

• Vaping

Vaping Basics • Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling the aerosol, often referred to as vapor, which is produced by an e-cigarette or similar device.

Pod Systems • Pod System is a mini vape based on two-part system: a pod filled with juice that snaps into a small battery. Pods can be pre-filled and refillable. • Major brands: JUUL, Vuse, Blu, Sourin, SMOK, Aspire, Uwell • JUUL owns 70% of the market. • Most systems use a Nicotine Salt – smoother hit than “free base” nicotine. • JUUL Pods with 5% Nicotine = Same amount as a pack of cigarettes.

Disposable “Pod Mod” Vapes • One-time use, very simplistic. • Multiple flavors, nicotine strength, battery life. • 150 to 300 puffs. Up to 7% nicotine strength. • Wide range of colors and shapes. • Puff Bar, POSH, VGOD STIG, Mojo, TWST, Unicig, HALO Vice. • Priced as low as $4. 60.

Disposable “Pod Mod” Vapes

Uwell Amulet

Vaprwear Hoodies and backpacks allow user to vape by inhaling on a drawstring or tube similar too one used for water.

Vaprwear Vision

Laws • Tobacco 21 passes at federal level, Native sales must follow. • Federal ban on sweet and fruity flavored vaping cartridges. Loopholes Refillable cartridges and refillable systems not effected. Menthol and tobacco flavors NOT part of ban. • New York looking at their own flavor ban, which can be more strict than federal law. • • Ban all flavored vape juice. Ban all flavored tobacco products.

Resources • The Real Cost Campaign – free posters Center for Tobacco Products Exchange Lab • The Real Cost of Vaping – Lessons and Activities. • CATCH My Breath – E-cigarette and JUUL Prevention Program – catch. org • Prevention Works – free training • NYS Text Service to help youth quit. – users text Drop. The. Vape to 88709 • Truth Initiative – This is Quitting – users text DITCHJUUL to 88709 • Kids Escaping Drugs – intervention program youth and parents must attend. Schools, parents, or guardians can make a referral. Call 716 -827 -9462.

Other Issues • Any drug can be vaped is dissolvable. Reports of alcohol, THC, heroin, cocaine, etc. • THC most commonly vaped drug, now can be purchased in Canada, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Michigan legally. • No limit on the level of THC in products. THC levels extracted from the plants can be as high as 98% compared to 30% from smoked plant matter. • Slang terms for THC extracted products: Dabs, Honey Oil/Oil, Wax/Ear Wax, Shatter/Glass, Budder, Crumble/Raw, Snap/Sap • THC Vape Brands: Kandypen, Dr. Dabber, PAX, Wasp, Sol E, Dipper,

Questions? • Tobacco Free Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany Jonathan Chaffee jonathan. chaffee@roswellpark. org, 716 -548 -0555