Vaping/JUULing
HARVEY COUNTY 30-DAY USE OF E-CIGARETTES: 11.89%*
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11.89% DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A HUGE PERCENT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN HARVEY COUNTY, 29.29% OF SENIORS REPORT THAT THEY HAVE USED E-CIGARETTES IN THE LAST 30 DAYS. THIS IS UP FROM 9.33% IN 2018.
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VAPING CONTINUES TO BE A GROWING ISSUE AMONG HARVEY COUNTY YOUTH.
*Many youth do not equate e-cigarettes with many vaping devices such as JUULs
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E-cigarette use
among high school youth
increased 78%
from 2017 to 2018.
- 2018 NATIONAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY


JUUL
QUICK FACTS ABOUT AMERICA'S JUUL PHENOMENON
One JUUL pod contains the same amount of nicotine as 20 cigarettes, making it highly addictive
Plugs into a USB port to charge, conveniently looks like a flash drive
Nicotine delivered in an aerosol, not a vapor. Vapor is water, aerosols are made up of particles and chemicals, most of which do not have sufficient research on long term effects
In August of 2017, JUUL comprised 24% of all e-cigarette sales, and by October of 2018, JUUL accounted for 75% of all e-cigarette sales.
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TRUTH INITIATIVE: "What's behind the explosive growth of JUUL?"