Unit 2: So, What’s Really In

These E-Cigarettes/Vape Pens?

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What’s in E-Cigarettes/Vape Pens?
 What Are E-Cigarettes?
Nicotine aerosol

Atomizer/coil
Battery

Absorbent material/cotton:
Nicotine
Propylene glycol
Vegetable glycerin
Flavorants
E-Juice/E-Liquid
E-Cigarette/Vape
Pen Liquid
Ingredients

Propylene Glycol
Vegetable Glycerin
Nicotine
Flavoring Chemicals
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Lesson 2.1: Activity 1: It’s Just Water

Vapor, Right?
Activity Directions
1. Using your own words, define the terms: VAPOR, GAS, AEROSOL

2. Using laptop, phone, or dictionaries, find the exact definition for each term

3. List examples of each term

4. Review as a class
 Class Discussion
Share what your group came up with!
 GAS: a substance with indefinite expansion. When you
let a gas out of its bottle, it will usually keep spreading
out until it's completely mixed with the air.
Definitions

VAPOR: it can mean the same as gas, but it may also be

used to describe a visible exhalation, such as steam or
fog. "Vapor" isn't as precise a term as "gas" or
"aerosol."

AEROSOL: a mixture of liquid particles suspended in a

gas. Instead of just mixing with the air like a pure gas,
aerosols can leave drops behind.
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Do you think e-cigarettes/vape pens create a vapor, a

gas, or aerosol?
It’s an Aerosol, Not a Vapor
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Lesson 2.1: Activity 2: Vapor or Aerosol?

Does it Really Matter?
Vapor or Aerosol
Why does it matter that e-cigarettes/vape pens
create aerosols?
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Lesson 2.2: What’s in

E-cigarette/Vape Pen Aerosol?
 What’s in E-Cig Aerosol?
• Propylene glycol • Chlorobenzene • Benzo(ghi)perylene • Cadmium
• Glycerin • Crotonaldehyde • Acetone • Silicon
• Flavorings (many) • Propionaldehyde • Acrolein • Lithium
• Nicotine • Benzaldehyde • Silver • Lead
• NNN • Valeric acid • Nickel • Magnesium
• NNK • Hexanal • Tin • Manganese
• NAB • Fluorine • Sodium • Potassium
• NAT • Anthracene • Strontium • Titanium
• Ethylbenzene • Pyrene • Barium • Zinc
• Benzene • Acenaphthylene • Aluminum • Zirconium
• Xylene • Acenapthene • Chromium • Calcium
• Toluene • Fluoranthene • Boron • Iron
• Acetaldehyde • Benz(a)anthracene • Copper • Sulfur
• Formaldehyde • Chrysene • Selenium • Vanadium
• Naphthalene • Retene • Arsenic • Cobalt
• Styrene • Benzo(a)pyrene • Nitrosamines, • Rubidium
• Benzo(b)fluoranthe • Indeno(1,2,3- • Polycyclic aromatic
ne cd)pyrene hydrocarbons
 E-Cig Aerosol Composition
• Propylene glycol • Chlorobenzene • Benzo(ghi)perylene • Cadmium
• Glycerin • Crotonaldehyde • Acetone • Silicon
• Flavorings (many) • Propionaldehyde • Acrolein • Lithium
• Nicotine • Benzaldehyde • Silver • Lead
• NNN • Valeric acid • Nickel • Magnesium
• NNK • Hexanal • Tin • Manganese
• NAB
All of these ••have
• Fluorine Sodium
been
Strontium
• Potassium
• Titanium
• NAT • Anthracene
• Ethylbenzene • found
Pyrene in e-cig aerosol
• Barium • Zinc
• Benzene • Acenaphthylene • Aluminum • Zirconium
• Xylene • Acenapthene • Chromium • Calcium
• Toluene • Fluoranthene • Boron • Iron
• Acetaldehyde • Benz(a)anthracene • Copper • Sulfur
• Formaldehyde • Chrysene • Selenium • Vanadium
• Naphthalene • Retene • Arsenic • Cobalt
• Styrene • Benzo(a)pyrene • Nitrosamines, • Rubidium
• Benzo(b)fluoranthe • Indeno(1,2,3- • Polycyclic
Compounds in yellow are from FDA
ne cd)pyrene aromatic
2012, Harmful and Potentially Harmful
hydrocarbons
Substances – Established List
 Where Else Can You Find These Chemicals?
Propylene glycol Antifreeze AcetoneNail Polish Remover Ethylbenzene
Paints, Pesticides

Formaldehyde Embalming Nicotine Cigarettes Rubidium Fireworks

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What is Thirdhand Smoke?

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SHS

THS

Indoor Surfaces
 Thirdhand Smoke

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