Michael Slater
The Insidious Rise of Age-Accessible Addiction
Mentor: Dr. Negar Elmieh

What are chronic and acute long-term health effects of vaping? This Question started as an inquiry into the mechanics or the humanbody. How do we see chemical reactions in the human body take place and effect our health, specifically? Intersectingchemistry, toxicology,and human anatomyin order to understand how electronic cigarettesexposeyour body toharmful irritants, carcinogens,and heavy metals. While also looking at the history, marketing,and legal ambiguity of the vapesto more have a more wholistic view of both theirmanufacturingand regulation.I thencondensedthis information in a way that made it simple and captivating, so that general audiencecan understand it. Since highschoolers arethe demographic thatuses the most e-cigarettes, largelydue to marketing tactics used by Big Tobacco.The same marketing tactics used to sell cigarettes. This presentation uses JUUL and their marketing practices as a case studyto demonstratehow young peoplestarted vaping more than everyoneelse.

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