Topic AddictionAdvertisingAdvertisingCancerCancerChewing TobaccoCigarettesCigarsCostCostDeathDeathDiseaseDiseaseE-cigarettesEnvironmentEpidemicFashionFlavors/MentholFlavors/MentholGamingHealth RisksHealth RisksHealth RisksHeroinHookahIngredientsIngredientsJuulLegal AgeLegal AgeMarketingMarketingMoviesMusicOpioidsOverdosePainkillersPetsPop CulturePop CulturePrescriptionsProductsProfilingProfilingQuittingQuittingRecoveryRetailRetailSmoke-Free PlacesSmoke-Free PlacesSmokingSocial MediaStreamingTobacco SalesTobacco SnuffTVVaping ShowClose Filters Filter by Tags Subtags Search Change Issue SmokingVapingOpioids Showing 108 of 549 results. Fact Fact Fact Vape trash is classified as hazardous by the EPA. 78 Reactions Source: Johnson, B. (2015). United States Environmental Protection Agency. See all +less − E-cigarettes Fact Fact Fact E-cigs can have the same cancer causing chemicals as cigarettes. 30 Reactions Source: Rubinstein, M., Delucchi, K., Benowitz, N., & Ramo, D. (2018). Adolescent Exposure to Toxic Volatile Organic Chemicals From E-Cigarettes. Pediatrics, 141(4), e20173557. See all +less − E-cigarettes, Disease, Ingredients Fact Fact Fact Vapes can contain formaldehyde, acrolein, and acetaldehyde--which are also found in cigarette smoke. 8 Reactions Source: Think E-Cigs Can’t Harm Teens’ Health?. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2020). See all +less − E-cigarettes, Ingredients Fact Fact Fact We know cigarette butts are the most littered item on earth, but did you know that disposable e-cigarettes may have an environmental cost too? 35 Reactions Source: Krause, M., & Townsend, T. (2015). Hazardous waste status of discarded electronic cigarettes. Waste Management, 39, 57-62. See all +less − E-cigarettes Fact Fact Fact Non-addictive painkillers, like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, can be just as effective as prescription opioids at reducing certain types of pain. 22 Reactions Source: Chang AK, Bijur PE, Esses D, Barnaby DP, Baer J. Effect of a Single Dose of Oral Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics on Acute Extremity Pain in the Emergency DepartmentA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA.2017;318(17):1661–1667. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16190 See all +less − Painkillers Fact Fact Fact Adolescent athletes in some high-injury sports are at a 50% higher risk of misusing prescription painkillers than their peers who don't participate in these sports. 19 Reactions Source: Veliz PT, Boyd C, McCabe SE. Playing through pain: sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(5):e28–e30. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242 See all +less − Addiction Fact Fact Fact The opioid mortality rate increased as the u.S. Life expectancy rate decreased. 193 Reactions Source: Xu JQ, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Bastian B,Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program See all +less − Epidemic Fact Fact Fact Individuals who are prescribed opioids prior to graduating high school are 33% more likely to misuse prescription opioids after graduating. 235 Reactions Source: Prescription Opioids in Adolescence and Future Opioid Misuse Richard Miech, Lloyd Johnston, Patrick M. O’Malley, Katherine M. Keyes, Kennon Heard Pediatrics Nov 2015, 136 (5) e1169-e1177; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-1364 See all +less − Prescriptions Fact Fact Fact Since 1999, over 9,000 children and teens have died from opioid overdoses. 33 Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER: Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2017. See all +less − Overdose Pagination First page« First Previous page‹ Previous … Page8 Page9 Page10 Page11 Current page12 Page13 Page14 Page15 Page16 … Next pageNext › Last pageLast »
Fact Fact Fact Vape trash is classified as hazardous by the EPA. 78 Reactions Source: Johnson, B. (2015). United States Environmental Protection Agency. See all +less − E-cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact E-cigs can have the same cancer causing chemicals as cigarettes. 30 Reactions Source: Rubinstein, M., Delucchi, K., Benowitz, N., & Ramo, D. (2018). Adolescent Exposure to Toxic Volatile Organic Chemicals From E-Cigarettes. Pediatrics, 141(4), e20173557. See all +less − E-cigarettes, Disease, Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact Vapes can contain formaldehyde, acrolein, and acetaldehyde--which are also found in cigarette smoke. 8 Reactions Source: Think E-Cigs Can’t Harm Teens’ Health?. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2020). See all +less − E-cigarettes, Ingredients
Fact Fact Fact We know cigarette butts are the most littered item on earth, but did you know that disposable e-cigarettes may have an environmental cost too? 35 Reactions Source: Krause, M., & Townsend, T. (2015). Hazardous waste status of discarded electronic cigarettes. Waste Management, 39, 57-62. See all +less − E-cigarettes
Fact Fact Fact Non-addictive painkillers, like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, can be just as effective as prescription opioids at reducing certain types of pain. 22 Reactions Source: Chang AK, Bijur PE, Esses D, Barnaby DP, Baer J. Effect of a Single Dose of Oral Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics on Acute Extremity Pain in the Emergency DepartmentA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA.2017;318(17):1661–1667. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16190 See all +less − Painkillers
Fact Fact Fact Adolescent athletes in some high-injury sports are at a 50% higher risk of misusing prescription painkillers than their peers who don't participate in these sports. 19 Reactions Source: Veliz PT, Boyd C, McCabe SE. Playing through pain: sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(5):e28–e30. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242 See all +less − Addiction
Fact Fact Fact The opioid mortality rate increased as the u.S. Life expectancy rate decreased. 193 Reactions Source: Xu JQ, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Bastian B,Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released December, 2017. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2016, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program See all +less − Epidemic
Fact Fact Fact Individuals who are prescribed opioids prior to graduating high school are 33% more likely to misuse prescription opioids after graduating. 235 Reactions Source: Prescription Opioids in Adolescence and Future Opioid Misuse Richard Miech, Lloyd Johnston, Patrick M. O’Malley, Katherine M. Keyes, Kennon Heard Pediatrics Nov 2015, 136 (5) e1169-e1177; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-1364 See all +less − Prescriptions
Fact Fact Fact Since 1999, over 9,000 children and teens have died from opioid overdoses. 33 Reactions Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER: Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2017. See all +less − Overdose