¿Por qué los vapes son una alternativa peligrosa a fumar?
La industria más mortal está reinventando su imagen para que creas que es tu amiga, vendiéndose como la solución al problema que ellos mismos crearon: la epidemia del cigarrillo, al comprar o invertir en compañías de vapes y compañías farmacéuticas, y desarrollar la nueva generación de productos de tabaco para diversificar su portafolio.1234 ¿Su verdadero propósito? Mantener adictas a las personas y atraer a la gente joven para que sean clientes “de reemplazo”.5
A consecuencia de la mercadotecnia engañosa de la Industria del Tabaco, los californianos como tú tienen muchas preguntas sobre los vapes.6 Estas son las respuestas a las preguntas más comunes.
¿Cómo afecta tu cuerpo vapear?
Desde tu cerebro, hasta tu corazón y pulmones, vapear tiene el potencial de provocar estragos en tu salud. Vamos uno por uno, empezando desde arriba:
Tu cerebro: La nicotina altera permanentemente las conexiones cerebrales, poniéndolo en mayor riesgo de adicción a otras sustancias – esto es particularmente cierto en el caso de los niños y los adultos jóvenes.10 Vapear también aumenta tu riesgo de tener un derrame cerebral.18 La gente que vapea tiene mayores probabilidades de sufrir derrames cerebrales a edades más tempranas que los fumadores de cigarrillos. Los supervivientes de derrames tienen un riesgo significativamente mayor de muerte prematura.192021
Vamos a deshacer el daño
Los vapes son fundamentales al plan de la Industria del Tabaco para engañar, crear adicción y estirar sus ganancias.6667 Ayudar a los californianos a dejar de vapear nos acerca un paso más a terminar con la epidemia de la Industria del Tabaco.
La mejor manera de deshacer los daños de la Industria del Tabaco es ayudar a las personas a que dejen de fumar y evitar que otras personas empiecen a hacerlo. Adultos que quieren ayuda para dejar el tabaco pueden visitar Kick It California. Haz clic aquí para obtener sugerencias para dejar de fumar y recomendaciones para ayudar a un joven a dejar los vapes y otros productos de tabaco, así como una lista completa de los recursos existentes para la cesación del tabaco para los jóvenes y adultos jóvenes y cómo obtener estos servicios.
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