it's growing on me this is supposed to
be better than the cigarette
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so we recently asked you if you were
okay with doing a particular episode
asked me if i was okay with vaping which
i've heard of i've never done it but i'm
a smoker so i figure well you know i
know how to inhale
i'll try it what the hell i didn't know
what it meant
so i asked my sister hey what's vaping
how do i know
so she asked her daughter
and she said it's the fake cigarette
thingy i said i was interested in it
because i see people driving down the
road and a big old puff of smoke comes
out and saying that's not a regular
cigarette so today you will be vaping
for the first time yes i will
the hell is that that's weird i thought
it would look more like a cigarette it
looks like something you'd plug into a
computer may i take a puff there's well
we don't have anything in there yet so
there are many different brands of
vaping products this one in particular
is a very popular brand called jewel
jewel like jewelry i've heard of jewel
and i heard they make all kinds of
flavors that that you might taste good
which is bad because it's appealing to
young people and they offer an
assortment of flavors to choose from to
vape so we have a few of them to show
you now
wow they come this small really what do
i do to stick it in this thing i didn't
know there were different flavors but
why not
it does smell like a
strawberry oh this is minty minty
chocolate minty vanilla maybe oh that
one is creme brulee
oh creme brulee darling we'll get into
the controversies around vaping later
but first it's time for you to try
vaping so what do i do eat it i guess
you insert it
oh
and the light flashed on which end you
suck from
whoa not sure what it was but i liked it
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tastes
like oh that was real smoke oh god
now why do people do this for pleasure
good taste like coffee
this is supposed to be better than a
cigarette
i'd rather have weed
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it's stupid
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i'm not a smoker but that didn't taste
bad i can see how young people can get
hooked on this
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wow
it's a lot stronger than i thought if
you want you can also try another flavor
we have two more others there if you
want to grab another one
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i'm getting pretty high here
i don't like this makes me throw up this
one was better
this is a little milder
this one's not so bad
maybe it's because it's the mint viva de
france
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it's growing on me the more i do it the
more i like it it's not the same not the
same as tobacco it doesn't smell
probably doesn't make your clothes smell
it's actually heavier i wouldn't want to
be carrying this around all day a
cigarette's much lighter and it's
unpleasant i don't why do people find
that pleasurable
suck that smoke into your lungs what is
pleasurable about that a little more
about vaping now that you've tried it
vaping in a way is designed as an
alternative to smoking by simulating the
feeling of smoking to satisfy nicotine
intake without the ash and odor i could
see if you're a smoker doing this
instead of smoking but if you're not a
smoker and you just do it because it's
there it's like dumb some people who
vape will mention how it's substantially
less harmful for your health than
inhaling combustible tobacco like
cigarettes no that big puff i took off
that last one that was toxic and there's
some who say that vaping also contains
fewer toxins in cigarettes do you
personally believe that it is safe still
to use no because the medical uh
professionals now are saying that vaping
is not good anytime you
you take anything into your lungs that's
not
clear oxygen
it's going to affect you a little bit no
if you don't want toxins and stuff in
there don't do it at all that's even
less joule offers quite the array of
flavors but other vaping companies are
selling unique flavors and we have a
list of some to read off now oh goody
if you want to read those off to me
unicorn vomit okay unicorn vomit
yeah pumpkin donut
cereal milk pancake syrup i'd rather
have it on my pancakes birthday cake
froot loops yeah flavors you're used to
red bull
good idea if i were younger i would
probably try to taste it i'm scared to
show this to my grandkids so this is all
fun stuff this is all fun
kitty food and so now you're you know
you can't wait to get the young people
addicted to this stuff aside from the
flavors you can even buy different
covers called skins to decorate your
jewel similar to an iphone case this is
another reason many think that this
product is marketed towards a younger
audience is this a potential issue for
young people or is it not that big of a
deal no it's it is a big deal they
shouldn't even try to tempt like younger
people to do it it was a fun exercise
but i would like to disavow this product
because it should be kept away from
children and it appears that they're
being targeted there's no doubt about it
that the company is is trying to
uh get kids hooked on this when i was
younger they did a lot of advertising
now of course it isn't like it is today
you'd have a billboard or in magazines
that show younger people having fun so
try to equate
good times with cigarettes now they're
trying to
equate good times with
these things studies are showing that
vaping has become very popular among
high school students while cigarette use
amongst high schoolers has dropped to a
record low of eight percent right well
that's that's actually good statistics
show that one in five youth are seen
using a jewel in school right because
it's cool jewel even the name sounds
cool why do you think that this is
catching on with young people when
traditional cigarettes are not it's easy
i could carry this in my pocket and my
backpack since i'm a kid it's certainly
a sneakier way
to
get that nicotine feel because they know
that cigarettes are bad for you and
they're thinking that well now we can
smoke and not worry about
our health makes me feel healthier
as opposed to cigarettes or cigars
but in the long run it's better not to
do it at all so vaping seemingly is
becoming sort of a trend amongst the
younger generation when you were growing
up how was smoking viewed and talked
about and what ended up happening over
time smoking when i was a kid was viewed
and talked about in a very positive way
because the tobacco companies were huge
big business smoking was cool you know
you smoke hang out with your friends and
you smoke cigarettes and drink beer
as you get older you realize that you
can't stop it was viewed as just
something to do the norm the research
was done
and
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it showed that secondhand smoke is not a
good thing so that's when everything
started to change when i was young
doctors would they used a lot of doctors
in this in the commercials
like you'd have photographs and
magazines or billboards of doctors
smoking cigarettes dr douchebag he
recommends the camel cigarettes when i
was
playing my job we would smoke everybody
was smoking they didn't know the harm of
it when i was in the hospital the person
beside me
she had cancer of the lungs and she said
i wish i never smoked
those are her last words so as an elder
you were around when cigarettes were not
fully known to be as dangerous as it
turned out so after hearing all this
what do you think about the conversation
happening around vaping well it's not
going to last that long because now the
scientists know what's not good if you
look at the old movies i like to watch
tony classic all the old actors they all
smoked and they're all dead now
most of them die to cancer they can tell
us say it's bad for you but sometimes
that's even
more of a draw they told us one you know
years ago about cigarette smoking being
okay
until they realize it causes cancer and
to start doing this it can be a habitual
just like smoking and again it's
technically less toxic than cigarettes
however there isn't hard data yet on the
long-term effects of vaping only not
hard data only hard lungs so finally
after you've tried the vape yourself in
learning more about what it is
what would you want to say to younger
people who might be thinking about
vaping or those who are currently vaping
from your perspective as an elder
there's a lot of things out there that
you can do that are fun and
nourishing and
healthy
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why not do that
why do this crap it's your choice not my
choice try it once
cough and wheeze
don't try it again but then you could
say you did it if you're vaping now or
smoking stop all your young people and
old people need to learn to love your
body it is dirty and ugly just like
smoking cigarettes don't do it don't get
started don't touch it with a 10 foot
pole please don't do it please don't try
it nicotine is highly addictive well i
have a husband who's 80 you know and he
has copd so if you want to end up what
like that you want to end up in the
hospital with a collapsed lung which did
happen to him then you go right ahead
then you keep vaping thanks for watching
this episode of elders react shout out
to ruth davis subscribe and hit the bell
and a shout out to nancy taylor don't
vape
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