How E-Cigarette Vaping Negatively Affects the Indigenous Health & Culture
Smoking traditional tobacco is part of the Indian and Alaskan culture and is socially acceptable within the community. While the tribal efforts for smoking cessation have greatly reduced smoking, it has been replaced with a new threat. E-cigarette vaping or Vape equipmentis growing exponentially in the country especially among teenagers as well as young adults. The data from the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) 2019 National Youth Tobacco survey nationwide revealed the following findings:
The number of middle school and high school students using e-cigarette …
