New Mexico Pediatric Society

E-Cigarettes

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Introduction

E-cigarette use among youth has quickly become the new epidemic our nation is facing. The adolescent brain is uniquely sensitive to the addictive nature of nicotine, potentially setting our youth up for a lifetime of nicotine addiction. Further exacerbating the problem is the multitude of enticing e-cigarette flavors, combined with targeted advertising to youth. For these reasons, it is not surprising that 1 in 4 youth report using e-cigarettes in the last month. What is our role as pediatricians, parents, or teachers to help mitigate this epidemic and its potentially devastating consequences?

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Resources for Practioners

General E-cigarette Information for Physicians

• E-Cigarette Information (AAP; facts and resources)

• E-Cigarettes and Similar Devices (AAP policy statement; for more in-depth information; 10 pages; pdf)

• Health Care Professionals: Educate Your Young Patients About the Risks of E-cigarettes (CDC fact sheet; with guidelines for clinicians on how to educate youth about the risks of e-cigarettes; 4 pages; pdf)

Handouts on General E-Cigarette Information for Physicians

• E-Cigarettes and Vaping: What Clinicians Need to Know (AAP fact sheet; includes basic facts on e-Cigarettes; 2 pages; pdf)

Clinical Tools for Supporting Youth Tobacco Cessation

• Supporting Youth who are Addicted to Nicotine: Advice for Pediatricians (AAP fact sheet; information on how to make a successful quit plan, follow-up, and coding resources; 1 page; pdf)

• Nicotine Dependence Screening Tools for Youth:

• Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (AAP questionnaire; 10 questions to ask youth on vaping to determine addiction; 1 page; pdf)

• The Four-Item E-cigarette Dependence Scale for Assessing Adolescent E-cigarette Nicotine Dependence (AAP questionnaire; 1 page; pdf)

• Modified Version of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (National Institutes of Health)

• Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and Adolescent Patients (AAP fact sheet; for clinicians to understand NRT and make decisions about using it with patients; includes nicotine dependence screening tools; 5 pages; pdf)

• How to Use Nicotine Gum (smokefree.gov/veterans; 30-second video on the "chew and park" method for NRT gum)

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Download this graphic: It’s not like you can buy a new brain (pdf)

Resources for Parents & Youth

General e-Cigarette Information for Patients/Parents

• THE FACTS on E-cigarette use Among Youth and Young Adults (CDC resource for parents; with evidence-based facts on e-cigarettes and youth; also available in Spanish)

• Truth Initiative (non-profit public health organization committed to making tobacco use a thing of the past)

• Parents Against Vaping (PAVe) (grassroots organization founded by three moms in response to youth vaping epidemic)

• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (advocacy organization working to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences in the U.S. and around the world)

• Resources for Parents (Protect Kids, a project of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; facts, teen stories on addiction, and tips for talking to your kids)

Handouts on E-cigarettes for Parents

• E-Cigarettes and Vaping: What Parents Need to Know (AAP; 1 page; pdf)

• How to Talk to Your Kids About Vaping (American Lung Association; helps parents start the conversation with their children about the dangers of vaping; 3 pages; pdf)

Tobacco Cessation Resources for Parents/Youth

• Become a Smokefree Teen (National Institutes of Health; tools and tips for youth; also available in Spanish)

• This is Quitting (Truth Initiative; text message-based cessation support service for teens)

• The Ex Program (Truth Initiative; tobacco cessation program for organizations)