Rob Crane, MD, Professor of Family Medicine at the Ohio State University, and Amanda Swenson Turner, Executive Director of the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, will 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.
Session Learning Objectives:
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.
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