NOW - VAPING - WHAT
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NOW - VAPING - WHAT
PARENTS NEED TO KNOW.
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ACCORDING TO THE F-D-
A...
MORE THAN TWO-MILLION
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS USED E-
CIGARETTES IN 2016.
AND THE USE AMONG
TEENS...IS RISING.
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DOCTORS SAY THESE
DEVICES - SOMETIMES
MARKETED AS A SAFER
ALTERNATIVE TO
CIGARETTES - STILL POSE
RISKS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER PATRICK
LITTLE IS HERE WITH
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
YOU NEED TO KNOW.
E CIGARETTTES HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOR A WHILE...BUT IT
WASNT UNTIL I HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH MY
TEENAGE SON THAT I STARTED
TO REALIZE JUST HOW MANY
KIDS HIS AGE SEEM TO BE
USING THEM OR AT LEAST
TRYING IT...
defiinately out of control..
TRACK
VINCENT TURCHETTA IS THE
DEAN OF STUDENTS AT MOUNT
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL IN
BRISTOL. HE SAYS HIS
DISTRICT, LIKE MANY OTHERS
AROUND THE STATE AND THE
COUNTRY, HAS SEEN A
DISTURBING INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOLERS
USING E-CIGRATTES... OR
VAPING AS ITS MORE
COMMONLY KNOWN.
it is a craze...
(DOCTOR SOT)
10:54:04 "Vaping is just as
addictive
as tobacco cigarettes. The
problem
is it depends on the amount of
nicotene content in the vape
juice
and we have no idea how much is
in
these products."
TRACK
WE CHECKED THE MOST
RECENT DATA FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IN
2015, MORE STUDENTS USED
E-CIGARETTES THAN ANY
OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCT.
DOCTOR JACK RUSLEY, AN
ADOLECENT PHYSCIAN AT
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL, SAYS
THAT'S DUE IN PART TO HOW
EASILY AVAILABLE E-
CIGARETTES HAVE BECOME.
its much more available and
easeir
to get than tradtional tobacco
cigarettes... Its much more
easier to
hide and much more difficult to
smell these sort of cigartetts
WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO
THE ISSUE OF CATCHING KIDS
VAPING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
AS OF EARLY NOVEMBER
THERE WERE ONLY 2
INSTANCES OF STUDENTS
BEING CAUGHT AT MOUNT
HOPE THIS YEAR
11:03:58 PL question do you
think if
you looked for it there would be
more??
11:04:00...probably...
11:04:02 PL question- you think
that
will become more of a part of
your
job??
11:04:05 - i hope the kids
become
more educated by us...by the
parents..
10:57:15 you know we confiscate
the paraphenalia, which is very
expensive by the way, but what
we
do then is we refer them to a
substance abuse counseler
WE REACHED OUT TO "THE
TOBACCO VAPOR ELECTRONIC
CIGARETTE ASSOCIATION," AN
INTERNATIONAL TRADE GROUP
THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION
ON E-CIGARETTES TO MEDIA,
LAWMAKERS, AND E-CIGARETTE
USERS.
THEY TELL US THEY'RE 100%
AGAINST UNDERAGE VAPING,
AND SAY THEY'RE PUSHING
FOR A NATIONAL LAWCATION
REQUIRING AGE VERIFICATION
FOR ANYONE BUYING VAPING
PRODUCTS. THEY'RE ALSO
AGAINST E-CIGARETTE
FLAVORS THAT APPEAL TO
MINORS LIKE BUBBLE GUM OR
COTTON CANDY.
(VIN SOT)
11:01:58 you know the chemicals
that they are inhaling in their
bodies...i mean its
rediculous...
PL QUESTION they have no idea??
11:02:02 - vinny...they have no
idea...they think its a safe
alternartive to smoking
cigarettes...which is pretty sad
to
me...11:02:12
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THE E-CIGARETTE ASSOCIATION NIC
ALSO SAYS THAT ELECTRONIC
CIGARETTES ARE "VASTLY LESS
HARMFUL THAN TOBACCO," AND
THAT VAPING HAS PLAYED A
MAJOR ROLE IN THE DECLINE IN
CONVENTIONAL TOBACCO
SMOKING IN RECENT YEARS.
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NEW DETAILS IN A STORY
WE BROUGHT YOU LIVE AT
FIVE...
VAPING -- WHAT PARENTS
SHOULD KNOW.
AT FIVE WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE GROWING
POPULARITY OF E-
CIGARETTES AMONG
TEENAGERS.
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NEW AT SIX -- A LOCAL
DOCTOR SOUNDS THE
ALARM ABOUT CHEMICALS
THAT COULD BE LURKING
IN THOSE E-CIGARETTES.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
ANCHOR PATRICK LITTLE
HAS THE DETAILS.
WE NOW KNOW SOME OF THE
STATISTICS ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF TENNEAGERS
USING E CIGARETTES BUT
WHAT DOCTORS ARE
RESEARCHING NOW IS THE
EFFECT THE CHEMICALS IN
THESE E CIGARETTES CAN
HAVE ESPECIALLY ON A
TEENAGERS STILL DEVELOPING
BRAIN...
10:56:19 the important thing to
realize is that just because
kids
aren't getting caught... there
is a
problem.
VINCENT TURCHETTA, THE
DEAN OF STUDENTS AT MOUNT
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL, SAYS THE
VAPING CRAZE IS OUT OF
CONTROL WITH HIGH SCHOOLE NEWEST DATA FR
KIDS.
THE NEWEST DATA FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
BACKS HIM UP -- E-CIGARETTE
USE BY CHILDREN UNDER THE
AGE OF 18 HAS SURPASSED
THE USE OF REGULAR
CIGARETTES.
10:52:23 "YOU KNOW THE
ANAOLGY THAT I USE IS THAT
ITS A LITTLE LIKE PUTTING A
BOMB IN YOUR MOUTH...WITH
TOBACCO CIGARETTES WE
KIND OF KNOW WHEN THE
BOMB IS GOING OFF...AND HOW
BIG THE BOMB IS...WITH VAPING
WE HAVE NO IDEA
DOCTOR JACK RUSLEY, AN
ADOLECENT PHYSCIAN AT
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL, SAYS
MANY OF THE CHEMICALS USED
IN VAPING STILL AREN'T
KNOWN...
BUT THOSE THAT ARE
KNOWN... ARE ALARMING.
10:57:15 SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN DETECTED
ARE POLYGLYCOL OTHER
THINGS LIKE IN THE
COMPONENTS OF ANTI
FREEZE..THINGS THAT HAVE
BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE
CANCER IN ANIMALS
A NEW LAW WENT INTO EFFECT
IN RHODE ISLAND LAST MONTH
BANNING E-CIGARETTE USE ON
SCHOOL GROUNDS. IT ALSO
REQUIRES CHILD RESISTANT
PACKAGING FOR THE LIQUID
NICOTENE USED IN E
CIGARETTES...WHICH CAN BE
DEADLY.
10:58:32 YOUNG CHILDREN THAT
FIND THESE VAPE JUICES LYING
AROUND THE HOUSE THEY
DRINK THIS STUFF BECAUSE ITS
BUBBLE GUM FLAVORED OR
CANDY FLAVORED THERE HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN A COUPLE OF
CASES AND REPORTS OF
CHILDREN DYING BECAUSE OF
NICOTENE OVERDOSES
AT MOUNT HOPE AND OTHER
SCHOOLS THE RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH VAPING
HAVE NOW BECOME A PART OF
THE CIRRICULUM OF HEALTH
EDUCATION CLASSES...VAPING
PARAPHANLIA COMES IN MANY
FORMS...JUULING IS ONE...AND
PERHAPS THE EASIEST TO
HIDE...THE CARTRAGES ARE
SMALL AND RESEMBLE FLASH
DRIVES FOR COMPUTERS... THE
PERHAPS THE EASIEST TO
HIDE...THE CARTRAGES ARE
SMALL AND RESEMBLE FLASH
DRIVES FOR COMPUTERS... THE
JUULS CAN EVEN BE CHARGED
BY PLUGGING THEM INTO
LAPTOPS..
11:04:35 i think the important
peice
is what you do or say after an
infraction takes place
10:55:05 THERE CERTAINLY IS
EVIDENCE THAT VAPING IS
HARMFUL AND I THINK THERE IS
MORE EVIDENCE THAT NEEDS
TO BE GATHERED TO SEE WHAT
ITS DOING TO TEENAGE
BRAINS..TEENAGERS BRAINS
ARE STILL DEVELOPING AND WE
KNOW THAT NICOTENE CAN
IMPACT A DEVELOPING BRAIN IN
A NEGATIVE WAY
ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION..E-CIGARETTES
ARE NOW THE MOST
COMMONLY USED TOBACCO
PRODUCT AMONG AMERICAS
YOUTH...
THEY GENERALLY CONTAIN
FEWER TOXIC CHEMICALS THAN
REGULAR CIGARETTES... BUT
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN SOME
E-CIGARETTE FLAVORING
COULD CONTAIN CHEMICALS
LINKED TO LUNG DISEASE, OR
HEAVY METALS LIKE NICKEL
AND LEAD.
PL, EWN.