Quitting Smoking And Vaping

Dear Editor,

Youth nicotine use in any form is unsafe. Nicotine is harmful to developing brains: younger users are more likely to become addicted, have more difficulty quitting and may be at higher risk for addiction to other substances in the future.

E-cigarette use among young people, many of whom were not smokers in the first place, remains at epidemic levels. Over 2.5 million middle and high school students use e-cigarettes with nearly half (46 percent) of high schoolers who vape doing so near daily.

While we endorse the important public health strategy of harm reduction and these new products may be beneficial to smokers who completely switch from combustible tobacco, they still pose health risks and nonsmokers should never use them.

Sincerely,

Valley County Tobacco Education Specialist Teri Meche

For more information, contact her at 406-228-6261.

Article information is from Truth Initiative. Truth Initiative is America's largest nonprofit public health organization committed to making tobacco use and nicotine addiction a thing of the past.