The Truth About Vaping: Health Risks and Environmental Impact

 
Smoking causes disease, poor
health and early death.
 
Many adult smokers
switch to nicotine
vapes to help them
quit smoking.
 
Most young
people don’t
vape or smoke.
 
Vaping is less harmful than smoking
because you don’t inhale the toxic
tar and carbon monoxide found in
tobacco smoke.
 
But vapes are
not harmless.
 
Short-term effects of vaping can
include coughing, headaches,
dizziness and sore throats.
 
And the long-term effects are,
as yet, unknown.
 
Vapes and vaping products
that contain nicotine are
age-restricted.
 
It’s against the law to sell them
to anyone 
under 18
.
 
It’s also illegal for adults to buy
vapes for anyone 
under 18
.
 
Anyone who knowingly sells
vapes to 
under 18s 
is
driven by profit and doesn’t
care who they sell to.
 
Vapes can have an impact on
the environment.
 
Approximately 
1.3
 million
disposable vapes are thrown away
every week in the UK: enough to
cover 
22 football pitches
.
 
Single-use vapes contain batteries and
difficult to recycle plastics.
These break down in landfills causing
dangerous chemicals to pollute the
soil and water.
 
These chemicals can cause
harm to humans, animals
and the environment.
 
The tobacco supply chain is extremely environmentally
harmful on a global scale.  Environmental impact at all stages:
 
Cultivation/
farming
 
Curing
 
Primary
processing
 
Manufacturing
 
Distribution
 
Use/
disposal
 
These result in:
pollution
soil degradation
biodiversity losses
Deforestation
and
Death: Tobacco kills 8 million people a year
 
Around 
six trillion 
cigarettes are manufactured
each year globally using 
5.3 million
 hectares of
land 
and 
600 million 
trees.
Cigarettes are the most littered item on the planet
with 
4.5 trillion
 cigarette butts polluting our
pavements, parks, soil, rivers, beaches  and
oceans
 
All of this produced 
25 megatons
 of solid
waste, 
55 megatons
 of waste water, almost 
84
megatons
 of CO
2
 emissions to climate change
– approximately 0.2% of the global total.
 
Remember, vapes are
meant to help smokers
to quit for good.
 
If you would like to order and purchase printed copies of these resources or add
your council logo contact: 
smokefreesheffield@divacreative.com
 
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Vaping, seen as a safer alternative to smoking, comes with its own set of risks. While it can help adult smokers quit, it is not without consequences. Short-term effects like coughing and headaches, coupled with unknown long-term impacts, raise concerns. Furthermore, the environmental impact of disposable vapes, with their non-recyclable plastics and batteries, adds to the issue. It is crucial to address the health risks, age restrictions, and environmental consequences associated with vaping.


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  1. Smoking causes disease, poor health and early death.

  2. Many adult smokers switch to nicotine vapes to help them quit smoking.

  3. Most young people don t vape or smoke.

  4. Vaping is less harmful than smoking because you don t inhale the toxic tar and carbon monoxide found in tobacco smoke.

  5. But vapes are not harmless.

  6. Short-term effects of vaping can include coughing, headaches, dizziness and sore throats.

  7. And the long-term effects are, as yet, unknown.

  8. Vapes and vaping products that contain nicotine are age-restricted.

  9. Its against the law to sell them to anyone under 18. It s also illegal for adults to buy vapes for anyone under 18.

  10. Anyone who knowingly sells vapes to under 18s is driven by profit and doesn t care who they sell to.

  11. Vapes can have an impact on the environment.

  12. Approximately 1.3 million disposable vapes are thrown away every week in the UK: enough to cover 22 football pitches.

  13. Single-use vapes contain batteries and difficult to recycle plastics. These break down in landfills causing dangerous chemicals to pollute the soil and water.

  14. These chemicals can cause harm to humans, animals and the environment.

  15. The tobacco supply chain is extremely environmentally harmful on a global scale. Environmental impact at all stages: Cultivation/ farming Primary processing Use/ disposal Curing Manufacturing Distribution

  16. These result in: pollution soil degradation biodiversity losses Deforestation and Death: Tobacco kills 8 million people a year

  17. Around six trillion cigarettes are manufactured each year globally using 5.3 million hectares of land and 600 million trees. Cigarettes are the most littered item on the planet with 4.5 trillion cigarette butts polluting our pavements, parks, soil, rivers, beaches and oceans

  18. All of this produced 25 megatons of solid waste, 55 megatons of waste water, almost 84 megatons of CO2 emissions to climate change approximately 0.2% of the global total.

  19. Remember, vapes are meant to help smokers to quit for good.

  20. If you would like to learn more visit: makesmokinghistory.co.uk or ASH resources on youth vaping - ASH If you would like to order and purchase printed copies of these resources or add your council logo contact: smokefreesheffield@divacreative.com

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