You can help protect your child from vaping by being "the first person to have that conversation with them. It's in their benefit to hear what your expectations are," says Deepa Camenga, a pediatrician and addiction medicine specialist with the Yale School of Medicine.
Start talking to your children about vaping early. Young kids are often exposed to vaping through the media, observing it in public or seeing their friends do it. Use that exposure to open up a dialogue in age-appropriate ways.
For an elementary school-aged child: Ask them if they've heard about e-cigarettes or vaping in health class in school, and if so, what they learned about them. Then explain that e-cigarettes contain a lot of dangerous chemicals that can hurt your brain and body.
For teens: As they get older, share more details about its health impacts. Vaping is linked to wheezing symptoms and lung injuries.
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