Vaping Their Brains: E-Cigarettes and the College Community

Presenters:
Rob Crane, MD
Amanda Swenson Turner

Join Rob Crane, MD, Professor of Family Medicine at the Ohio State University, and Amanda Swenson Turner, Executive Director of the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, as they discuss the long-term consequences of the vaping epidemic, review effective prevention and intervention strategies and will explore how smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes may increase your vulnerability to COVID-19.

Attendees of this webinar will be able to:

1. Describe the extent of the adolescent nicotine use epidemic
2. Discuss the various drugs, additives and devices marketed as “vapes” or e-cigarettes.
3. Direct students and staff to appropriate resources to aid in nicotine cessation.
4. Debate industry representatives that would oppose appropriate measures to regulate e-cigarettes.
5. Understand the dangers of smoking while in a respiratory disease pandemic.