The Harmful Effects Of E-Cigarettes

For this project I decided it would be best to teach my mother, and younger brother, the harmful effects of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaporizers, and hookah. Since I was teaching alone I had preferred one learner, but felt it was helpful for them if I taught both. My mother is 52 and had smoked cigarettes from the age of 16 up to the age of 45. From then on she started purchasing and using the e-cigarettes, which she thought would help her from smoking. What my mother doesn’t realize is that these products are still harmful, and will not help rid of her bad “habit”. My brother is only 17, but already smokes cigarettes occasionally, uses the vaporizers every day, and smokes hookah socially. I decided he needed to learn the dangers of these products because he is young enough to stop this habit before it gets out of hand. I chose my mothers home for the learning experience because her and my brother live under the same roof. I chose …show more content…
I felt it was important to show my mother, and brother, all the chemicals used in these products. I gave them a handout that listed the chemicals you can find and discussed a few of them. I also talked a little about some of the flavorings used in the vaporizers and how they can be dangerous as well. I stressed on the fact that these products could cause cancer just as much as cigarettes. Last, I talked about hookah. A lot of people, including my brother, never thought of hookah as being harmful. My brother stated that he thought it was just “flavored smoke”. I let him know that this was not the case, and that hookah also contains harmful substances and can be just as dangerous, if not more, as cigarettes. After I went over this information, I showed them pictures of what they could like if they keep using these items. This was a great part of my teaching because they did not like what they saw, and I think it helped open their