{"id":1076,"date":"2016-04-01T07:40:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T13:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2016-04-27T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T23:46:00","slug":"e-cigarette-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About E-Cigarette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People think that using\u00a0e-cigarettes in place of smoking cigarettes is a &#8220;healthier&#8221; alternative. It has become more popular among youths as it provide similar effects and it comes in various flavors. Social media and pop culture has been glamouring vaping as form of a trend and &#8220;cool&#8221; thing to do. But studies have shown that regardless of smoking cigarettes or e-cigarette, both will put your health at risk at the exposure to nicotine. Here are some facts you need to know about e-cigarettes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicotine affects brain development among children and teens<\/li>\n<li>Harmful chemicals can be found in\u00a0various flavors and affects the body differently<\/li>\n<li>The vapor created from using e-cigarettes contains leads, tin, nickel, and other metals<\/li>\n<li>E-cigarettes are not an effective way to quit smoking, people trying to quit should try to quit completely<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Initial tests have found e-cigarettes contain varying levels of the addictive substance nicotine as well as cancer-causing chemicals, such as formaldehyde.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lung.org\/stop-smoking\/smoking-facts\/e-cigarettes-and-lung-health.html?referrer=https:\/\/www.google.com\/\">www.lung.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CDC E-cigarette Fact Sheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.07-AM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1078\" src=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.07-AM-232x300.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2016-03-29 at 8.45.07 AM\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.07-AM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.07-AM.png 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.10-AM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1079\" src=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.10-AM-233x300.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2016-03-29 at 8.45.10 AM\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.10-AM-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.10-AM.png 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.12-AM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1080\" src=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.12-AM-232x300.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2016-03-29 at 8.45.12 AM\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.12-AM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.12-AM.png 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.14-AM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1081\" src=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.14-AM-232x300.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2016-03-29 at 8.45.14 AM\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.14-AM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-shot-2016-03-29-at-8.45.14-AM.png 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People think that using\u00a0e-cigarettes in place of smoking cigarettes is a &#8220;healthier&#8221; alternative. It has become more popular among youths as it provide similar effects and it comes in various flavors. Social media and pop culture has been glamouring vaping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/?p=1076\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,10],"tags":[396,17,21,146],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aapi-communities","category-aapi-families","category-healthy-youth-development","tag-e-cigarette","tag-facts","tag-health","tag-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}