Vaping and E-Cigarette Use
Resource for schools from the Maine AAP:
Vaping Presentation for Schools Jan 2020
https://jhu.voicethread.com/share/13543757/
Resources provided by the AAP:
JUULing: What Pediatricians and Families Need to Know. For more information visit the Richmond Center page.
Resources provided by the BBCH:
Public Health Information For Kids
CDC Quick Facts on the Risks of E-cigarettes for Kids, Teens, and Young Adults (website)
Become a Smoke Free Teen
https://teen.smokefree.gov/ (website)
For Teens - Vaping: What You Need to Know (KidsHealth)
https://kidshealth.org/BarbaraBushChildrens/en/teens/e-cigarettes.html?ref=search
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Public Health Information For Adults (about kids)
E-cigarettes and Youth: Toolkit for Partners (pdf)
E-cigarettes and Youth: Toolkit for Partners pdf icon[PDF–13 MB]
Surgeon General’s Advisory on E-cigarette use among youth
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/surgeon-general-advisory/index.html (website)
E-cigarettes Shaped Like Flash Drives: Information for Parents, Educators, and Health Care Providers
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/factsheet/index.html (website)
Teachers and Parents, That USB Stick Might Be an E-cigarette
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/teacher-parent/index.html (website)
Talk With Your Teen About E-cigarettes, A Tip Sheet for Parents
https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/SGR_ECig_ParentTipSheet_508.pdf
Basic information about e-cigarettes from CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health.
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm
For Parents – Vaping: What You Need to Know (KidsHealth)
https://kidshealth.org/BarbaraBushChildrens/en/parents/e-cigarettes.html?ref=search
Public Health Information - Vaping-associated Lung Injury
Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-Cigarette Use, or Vaping
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
NEJM - Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use in Illinois and Wisconsin – Preliminary Report
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1911614
NEJM – Vaping-Induced Lung Injury (editorial)
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1912032?query=recirc_curatedRelated_article
NEJM - Imaging of Vaping-Associated Lung Disease
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1911995?query=recirc_curatedRelated_article
General Media Articles
Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches New $160 Million Program to End the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic
https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2019_09_10_fightflavoredecigs
From The New York Times: The Mysterious Vaping Illness That’s ‘Becoming an Epidemic’
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/health/vaping-marijuana-ecigarettes-sickness.html
From Forbes: Teen Vaping Crisis – here is the latest
From Axios: How marijuana laws may be contributing to vaping illnesses
https://www.axios.com/marijuana-thc-vaping-illness-juul-cbdcd300-a7c8-42f5-8e2e-254b0894ce0e.html
From Axios: 20 dead from vaping-related lung illness
https://www.axios.com/dead-vaping-lung-illness-b6af29af-0078-44f8-ae87-5ecfcf12b3a4.html
Vaping Associated Pulmonary Injury - presentation and slides
The following handout and presentation was held at The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital and is available for viewing.