What are the hazards of electronic cigarettes to teenagers?

May 05, 2022

1. Cardiovascular damage

Nicotine in e-cigarettes will adversely affect the cardiovascular system, increase the release of catecholamines in the body, accelerate heart rate, increase blood pressure, vasoconstrict, damage vascular endothelium, promote the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis, and increase the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. In addition, the content of nicotine in e-cigarettes is often very high, and excessive nicotine can lead to human poisoning. Studies have shown that excessive nicotine intake can lead to dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, and even death. For children with weak resistance, only a few milligrams of nicotine can kill them.

2. Smoking damages the brain and affects the intelligence of teenagers.

As we all know, nicotine is an addictive substance in tobacco. Nicotine is also one of the substances that do great harm to people. It has a great toxic effect on brain nerves. For teenagers, it may lead to students' memory loss, mental depression and learning decline.

3. Smoking affects the normal development of adolescents, especially the level of sex hormones. Smoking can reduce testosterone secretion by 20%-30%, reduce sperm and cause deformity; So that the menarche period of girls is delayed and menstrual period is disordered.

4. Smoking leads to early onset of related diseases. Smoking can advance the onset age of coronary heart disease, hypertension and cancer.