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Vaping, Tobacco & Your Child

What do you know about vaping?

The Lung Foundation advises the term 'vaping' is used to describe the act of smoking e-cigarettes or 'vapes' which are battery powered devices that look like metal pens, USBs and other small boxy-shaped systems.

Vapes use cartridges with liquids, or 'juice', which usually have artificial flavourings and toxic chemicals in them. The vape liquid is heated into an aerosol, or 'vapour', and inhaled into the lungs.

Vape liquid isn't properly tested or regulated, and research shows many types contain nicotine even if they say they don't. This is really harmful to a developing brain.

The most important thing you need to know about vaping is that it isn't safe for your health, despite what you may hear from others. Vaping has made lots of people sick with the following symptoms:

Some think vaping is harmless, that it is just water vapour. But what you're breathing in is made up of toxic particles. An Australian study into flavoured vape juice showed the toxic particles in these liquids can include, formaldehyde, propylene glycol and nicotine. For further information and resources on vaping, visit the Lung Foundation website.