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EVERY THURSDAY, WE ARE TAKING
A LOOK AT A HEALTH ISSUE OR
CONCERN AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.
BREAKING DOWN THE INFORMATION
FOR YOU WITH TELLING WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU
A. BURNS SCHO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
JOINS US WITH THIS WEEK'S
TOPIC WHICH IS VAPING.
GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
GOOD MORNING KRISTINE.
THANK YOU.
Kristine: THANK YOU.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS VAPING?
VAPING OR THE USE OF
ELECTRONIC OR E-CIGARETTES IS
BASICALLY THE DEFINITION AND
THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO A
VAPOR E-CIGARETTE.
THERE IS A CONTAINER THAT HAS
THE LIQUID THAT BECOMES THE
VAPE.
AND THAT INCLUDES NICOTINE AND
ADDITIVES AND FLAVORS.
SOMETIMES THOSE ADDITIVES ARE
CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS.
YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE THE SAFETY
OF VAPING JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN
ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS
AN ATOM EYESIZER WHICH IS THE
HEATING ELEMENT THAT ALLOWS
THE LIQUID TO TURN INTO A VAPE
AND THIRDLY, THERE IS A
RECHARGEABLE FREQUENTLY,
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY THAT
ACTUALLY POWERS THE ATOMIZER.
THAT'S WHAT A VAPE IS.
Kristine: THERE IS
NICOTINE IN IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY P
VAPING DEVICE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S
OKAY.
IT'S NOT LIKE SMOKING A
CIGARETTE.
HOW SAFE ARE THESE DEVICES.
WHAT YOU BROUGHT, EXACTLY
GOOD PARALLEL.
TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES, WE
THOUGHT WERE OKAY, DIRECT
DOCTORS SMOKE TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTES.
AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR
THE RESEARCH TO OCCUR TO SHOW
HOW DANGEROUS THEY WERE AND
CAUSING THE LARGEST CANCER
DEATH CAUSE, LUNG CANCER IN
HAWAI'I AND THE UNITED STATES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY
DATABASEICALLY ON VAPING THAT
CAN SHOW IT'S SAFETY OR LACK
OF SAFETY, AND SO THE JURY IS
LARGELY OUT.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME THINGS
WE KNOW ABOUT IT BEING UNSAFE.
Kristine: THERE ARE
NUMBERS ON THE TOTAL PASSAGE
OF ADULTS WHO HAVE USED ECIGS
AND THOSE WHO CURRENTLY USE
IT.
RIGHT.
ONE OUT OF EIGHT ADULTS HAVE
USED VAPES OR E-CIGARETTES AT
SOME POINT DURING THEY ARE
LIFE.
ABOUT 3.7% ARE CURRENT USERS
OF E-CIGARETTES.
Kristine: SOME ECGS,
OFFICIALS SAY THAT USING ECIGS
CAN ALSO LEAD TO USING
CIGARETTES.
IS THAT TRUE?
ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE CONVERSION RATE
FROM E-CIGARETTES TO ACTUALLY
SMOKING TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES
THE RATE IS 31%.
SO ONE OUT OF THREE PEOPLE
THAT STARTS E-CIGARETTES WILL
CONVERT TO TRADITIONAL
CIGARETTES.
IT CAN BE CAUSED, CALLED THE
GATEWAY TO CIGARETTES.
WHICH IS OF COURSE SOMETHING
WE DON'T WANT.
CIGARETTES ARE NOT SAFE.
THEY'RE VERY HARMFUL.
THEY CAUSE ALL KINDS OF
WHO START CIGARETTES WITHOUT
VAPING, IT'S ONLY 3.7%.
MUCH LOWER NUMBER BETWEEN FOUR
AND EIGHT PERCENT.
SO VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUSING IS
DEFINITE
VAPING DEFINITELY THE GATEWAY
TO TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES.
Kristine: WHAT KIND OF
PROBLEMS HAS VAPING BROUGHT TO
EMERGENCY ROOM AND DOCTORS?
IF YOU LOOK AT TODDLERS IN
PARTICULAR, AND YOUTH, THOSE
LITTLE BOTTLES THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT WITH NICOTINE AND THE
FLAVORS IN THEM, THEY'RE
CURIOUS BOTTLE.
YOU UNCORK THE BOTTLE.
YOU TAKE A SWIG.
IT ACTUALLY TASTE GOOD.
YOU CAN OVERDOSE ON THE
NICOTINE.
YOU CAN OVERDOSE WITH A SINGLE
BOTTLE ON A LETHAL AMOUNT OF
NICOTINE.
AND SO IT HAS MARKEDLY
INCREASED EMERGENCY ROOM
VISITS FOR OVERDOSES OF
NICOTINE ALONE.
Kristine: SOME PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DRINK THAT?
USUALLY TODD LETTERS.
Kristine: BY MISTAKE.
BY MISTAKE.
Kristine: JUST DON'T LEAVE
THE ECIG OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE
BECAUSE THEY CAN UNSCREW IT
AND DOES COME IN PARTS AND
TODDLERS ARE CURIOUS AND
THEY'LL PUT IT IN THEIR
MOUTHS.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
Kristine: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DR. BRADY.