A student vapes in a parking lot outside of Vons grocery store. Almost 20% of 18 to 29-year-old Americans vape, according to a Gallup poll. Photos by Lucian HimesThe E-cigarette industry made $22.8 billion globally in 2022, an amount that industry experts expect to increase by 3.44% annually, according to Statista.Young people largely drive this profit, as a Gallup poll found … [Read more...] about ‘A Perfect Storm’: Why Young People Vape and the Consequences Associated With It
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Breath is Precious: The Vaping Disease Killed My Mother
Photo courtesy of Mary Margaret Davis At first, the doctors said it was pneumonia. On the way back from the hospital two days before her death, my mother groaned between coughs, “I’m never smoking again; I’m throwing out all of my e-cigarettes and weed pens.” This was a groundbreaking statement from my mother, who, like many, had embraced vaping as an alternative to … [Read more...] about Breath is Precious: The Vaping Disease Killed My Mother
Fighting Addiction and Stigmas: The Impact of Prenatal Drug Exposure on Mothers and Babies
Art by Caitlin RoarkModeled by Katie Nance“It cuts across all segments of society,” said Professor Barry Lester, director of the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk and professor of psychiatry and human behavior and pediatrics at Brown University.Prenatal substance use affects women of all regions, races and socioeconomic groups, Dr. Hendree Jones, … [Read more...] about Fighting Addiction and Stigmas: The Impact of Prenatal Drug Exposure on Mothers and Babies
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Vaping?: JUULs Usher in a New Age of Nicotine
Photos by Milan Loiacono "I’m definitely addicted,” Pepperdine senior Griffin Duvall said. “Mentally and chemically.” Duvall said he began smoking cigarettes during his sophomore year, while he was abroad in Florence, Italy. “I feel like everyone did,” Duvall said. “People try it because it's the culture.” After Duvall returned from Italy, he had a talk with his … [Read more...] about Where There’s Smoke, There’s Vaping?: JUULs Usher in a New Age of Nicotine
