Digital Smarts - Those “Other” Digital Devices – Electronic Cigarettes (aka Vaping)

Has an unfamiliar handheld gadget shown up at your house? Are there odd batteries being charged or a pen like object hooked up to a USB cable? These may be warning signs that your child is secretly vaping – using electronic cigarettes. Unlike tobacco cigarettes, e-cigs or vaporizers don’t have all the smells and telltale ashes and butts lying around, but habit-forming nicotine is still involved and a new study indicates that teens in the United States who use electronic cigarettes are six times more likely to move on to traditional cigarettes. In addition, there are no long term studies about the impact e-cigarettes have on adults, much less teens, or the impact on younger family members who inhale secondary exhaled vapors. Want to know more vaping and the signs your children might be doing it? Take a look at the Vaping and Parenting Guide – Does Your Kid Use E-Cigs?