"Talking Points"
Monthly FYI for BTES Parents
October Topic - E-Cigarettes & Youth
Know the Risks: E-cigarettes & Young People
Please view the link below and the summarized points at the bottom regarding an increasingly popular and dangerous trend - E-cigarettes. Our children are just as susceptible to this as any other children and we want to be proactive in helping make sure we educate our youth on the harmful effects that tobacco use can produce. After reading, take some time to discuss this with your children.
Summarized Points
- Link to video - The Experiment
- Link to Parent Tip Sheets - Parent Tip Sheet (English) / Parent Tip Sheet (Spanish)
- Surgeon General's Report - E-cigarette Facts - Facts (English) / Facts (Spanish)
- E-cigarettes are devices that heat a liquid into an aerosol that the user inhales. The liquid usually has nicotine and flavoring in it, and other additives.
- E-cigarettes are now the most commonly used form of tobacco by youth in the United States.
- The part of the brain that's responsible for decision making and impulse control is not yet fully developed during adolescence. Nicotine affects brain development, which continues to age 25.
- Because addiction is a form of learning, adolescents can get addicted more easily than adults.
Berkeley Township Elementary School
Mr. Daniel Prima, Principal - dprima@btboe.org
Mr. Kevin Waldron, Ast. Principal - kwaldron@btboe.org
Website: www.btboe.org
Location: 10 Emory Avenue, Bayville, NJ, USA
Phone: 732-269-2909
Twitter: @BTES_Bulldogs