Updates

November 2, 2020

Teens, Vaping and COVID-19

Vaping puts teens and young adults at much higher risk of COVID-19

  • A Stanford University study found that young people who have ever vaped are at 5X higher risk for being diagnosed with COVID-19.
  • Youth believe their age protects them from COVID-19, but data show this is not true for those who vape.

Why teens and young adults?

  • Sharing vapes with friends can increase infection rate
  • COVID-19 can spread by hand-to-mouth touching during vaping
  • Youth who vape in a group usually don’t distance or wear masks
  • Vaping or smoking weakens and scars lungs and may lower resistance
  • Vape aerosol may have virus-containing droplets

Research also shows:

  • Users of vapes and cigarettes are 7X more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19
  • Vapers are also at risk for EVALI and other harmful lung diseases

Now is the time to be someone who NEVER vapes.

How to Quit Vaping

Learn more:

Vaping FactCheck

Sources:

  • Davies, N.G., Klepac, P., Liu, Y. et al. Age-dependent effects in the transmission and control of COVID-19 epidemics. Nat Med 26, 1205–1211 (2020).
  • Gaiha, S. M., Cheng, J., & Halpern-Felsher, B. (2020). Association Between Youth Smoking, Electronic Cigarette Use, and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Journal of Adolescent Health.