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The Compadres 5 Ws Ep. 5: How Teens Can Quit Vaping


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This episode helps provide more insight on how vaping affects teens, reasons why teens should quit vaping, coping with cravings, and how they can quit or where they can find help to quit.

The use of e-cigarettes is unsafe for kids, teens, and young adults. With most e-cigarettes containing highly addictive nicotine, it can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s. E-cigarettes can contain other harmful substances besides nicotine. Young people who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to smoke cigarettes in the future.
(https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm)

For many people, dealing with cravings is one of the hardest parts of quitting vaping. That’s why it’s important to have a plan for how to deal with cravings when they hit. At teens.smokefree.gov you can find additional tips for dealing with cravings. 
(https://teen.smokefree.gov/quit-vaping/deal-with-vape-cravings)

Websites mentioned during this episode are:
Kidshealth.org
CDC.gov
Truthinitiative.org 
Tobaccofreekids.org
Lung.org
Teen.smokefree.gov
CompadresLAC.org 

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Compadres Fresh Air PodcastBy by Ricardo Nevarez