Sign the Pledge and Say No to Vaping
California Oral Surgery & Dental Implant Center and Project Save A Mouth are teaming up this February to help educate Orange County and Huntington Beach students about the dangerous impacts of e-cigarettes and vaping. During National Children’s Dental Health Month, we want to bring attention to vaping not only as a danger to the lungs and heart but also to oral health.
Join us as we Stop The Vape in our community!
With your help, we were able to help Stop the Vape in our community during National Children’s Dental Health Month. Thank you to everyone who signed our Stop the Vape pledge. If you were unable to sign, please take the pledge by filling out the form below.
Quitting doesn’t have to be a journey made alone. If you or someone you know needs help quitting, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) or visit TheTruth.com.
Read the full article, “What is Vaping,” by David Y. Park, DDS, MD, in the Fall 2019 issue of The California Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
Did You Know?
- E-cigarette aerosol contains harmful and potentially harmful substances, including nicotine, heavy metals like lead, volatile organic compounds, and other cancer-causing agents.
- The U.S. Surgeon General has warned about the risks of inhaling secondhand e-cigarette emissions, which are created when an e-cigarette user exhales the chemical cocktail created by e-cigarettes.
- E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among youth.
- JUULpods® delivers nicotine to the brain 2.7x faster than other e-cigarettes.
- Youth who use e-cigarettes are more likely to go on to use traditional cigarettes.