Health Risks of Vaping

Vaping isn’t for you. It’s aimed at adults trying to quit smoking, not kids or non-smokers. Some of the health risks include:

Addiction: Nicotine is highly addictive. You don't have to vape every day to become hooked.
Brain Development: Nicotine can interfere with your brain development, affecting your ability to concentrate and making learning harder. Some changes may last forever.
Mental Health: Vaping can make anxiety and depression worse. It can also affect memory, focus, and your ability to control impulses.
Smoking: If you vape, you're more likely to start smoking regular cigarettes – and that can lead to even more health problems.
Sexual Dysfunction: There's evidence that vaping can cause sexual health issues for men.
Toxins: Vapes release harmful chemicals into the air that you inhale and exhale. It's not just water vapour.
Lung Damage: Vaping can cause chronic lung conditions, like bronchitis, and may lead to life-threatening damage over time.
Cancer Risks: The chemicals in vape aerosol may increase the risk of cancer.
Money: Vaping costs money. Why spend it on something that harms you when you could use it for things that benefit you?

We still don’t know everything about the long-term effects of vaping, but the risks are real.

Some of the biggest vaping brands are owned by companies that also sell regular cigarettes. They want to hook you young by offering fun flavours and advertising to teens like you. Don’t fall for it – they're just trying to get you to be their next lifelong customer.

The Facts You Need to Know

  • Disposable vapes come in 3 nicotine strengths – 0mg (nicotine-free), 10mg, and 20mg.
  • A 600-puff vape (like a watermelon Elf Bar) with 20mg of nicotine is equal to smoking 48 cigarettes.
  • Vapes with over 20mg of nicotine or more than 600 puffs are illegal and could contain harmful ingredients.

Vaping might seem cool or fun, but the truth is it’s risky, addictive, and harmful to your health.

If you want to be the best, healthiest version of yourself, avoid vaping altogether.

Stay Smart. Stay Healthy.