Vaping: a new teenage epidemic
October 7, 2019
Surprisingly, 25 out of 120 Morton East students surveyed said that vaping is not bad for your health.
According to Centeraddiction.org, vaping is bad for your health. It can affect brain development and functioning in young people, as it can disrupt brain development, interfere with long term cognitive functioning, and increase the risk of various mental and physical health problems later in life. According to Hopkinsmedicine.org, vaping appeals to the millennial and generation Z groups, but it is most commonly used by high school students. In a random survey of 120 Morton East students, 95 students reported that vaping is bad your health.
Vaping among Morton East students is a very frequent occurrence.
“Even if a student has an empty cartridge and gets caught, it is taken away as it counts as drug paraphernalia,” new dean Mr. Depa said.
If you are caught vaping in school, be extremely aware of the consequences that follow.
“If a student is high/under the influence, the student is held in the building until a parent/guardian comes and picks them up.”
“If a student was known to be high and then let out the school and were to get in an accident, it would be a liability for the school district.” Dean Depa added.
The CDC has reported 1,080 cases all around the country. Medical researchers have discovered that a majority of the people who were hospitalized for vaping had lipoid pneumonia, a very rare form of pneumonia that occurs when you inhale a fatty substance (THC and nicotine) which then irritates and damages your lungs.
In addition, Hopkinsmedicine.orgs states that vaping raises your blood pressure and spikes your adrenaline, which increases your heart rate and the likelihood of having a heart attack.
East security weighs in on what makes vaping so dangerous.
“I believe that vaping becomes a habit due to the chemicals inside of it,” new security guard Elwin said.
The safest alternative is to just not smoke at all.
“Vaping is (just) another alternative to smoke,” security guard Elwin said.
Vaping has become very popular with the teenage demographic, and Morton East isn’t an exception.
“I vape THC cartridges almost every day. Before and after school. It helps me relieve my stress and I always feel happier when I smoke.” an anonymous senior said.
The reason why most teens vape is out of convenience.
“I have been smoking for 4 years.” another anonymous senior said. “It’s really convenient when you don’t have time to roll or when I can’t smell like weed.”
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Luis GONZALEZ • Dec 12, 2019 at 3:05 pm
i diagree with this artiacke becaus e real vape cartradiges arent bad but fake ones are really bad and can hurt people health but if people werent smoking fake ones they wont be getting sick so like vaping isnt really bad if it is real better than smoking cigarettes
Erwin Toledo • Oct 30, 2019 at 12:59 pm
I think the article is interesting and they should talk about it more.Their grammar is also good.Vaping might help people feel more confident or feel better.Some people understand and some can’t understand.
Melony Jara • Oct 10, 2019 at 6:42 pm
The tittle given really captured my attention. Also the fact that people actually think that vaping is not harmful is what is messed up. There has been a lot of cases saying that vaping has killed people. Vaping is just as bad as any other drug out there.
Sarai Abarca • Oct 10, 2019 at 1:26 pm
I think this was a great topic and grammar was very neatly done. However the lgtq format was not used correctly. Try using more transitions!
Reporter • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:44 am
I’m surprised that 25 students said vaping is not bad for you even after all the cases of vaping causing death. I feel like it could use one or two more statistics but other than that it’s a great article.
Pablo Velazquez • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:43 am
I found out that you can get a heart attack from vaping which is crazy knowing a lot of my boys vape.
Melani Peralta • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:21 am
Great article. Interesting topic. I saw that the numbers were changed from 100 to 120.
Jonathan Estrada • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:10 am
the headline is good. and i agree that vaping id bad and also they talk about the students that vape too
Michael Barraza • Oct 9, 2019 at 2:32 pm
The topic of teens vaping is interesting to me because it has been becoming an epidemic recently. I like how it shows some students in the school are concerned from the topic and are at least spreading awareness. I feel like an improvement would be to add in a few indirect quotes for the article
janeth T • Oct 9, 2019 at 1:42 pm
interesting topic!
Brian Campos • Oct 9, 2019 at 9:41 am
The headline is good. I agree that vaping is bad. Once students start vaping they well never stop smoking and they will get addicted.
erik • Oct 9, 2019 at 9:40 am
this article is good and informational good details and facts nice.
Anahi Lucero • Oct 9, 2019 at 9:16 am
Great lead however could use better grammar in the first paragraph.
Oliver Arias • Oct 9, 2019 at 9:16 am
You guys wrote this article article really well good grammar spelling everything. However try to use more indirect quotes and make sure to follow the LQTQ format in one part you used two quotes in a row without any transitions.
U Nunez • Oct 9, 2019 at 9:07 am
This is a great article informing students and staff as well as parents about the vaping epidemic. it serves good purpose as it can help reduce the amount of people who vape.You could have interviewed someone who has been hospitalized or affected negatively for vaping as it would strike a note in the community.
Elizabeth Sanchez • Oct 9, 2019 at 8:29 am
I do think vaping is bad and although its less effective than weed and other drugs, it still messes you up. But at times I think a few puffs is alright to relax a little bit. Some people can’t help it if that’s the only escape from hard times but if they need something else to get rid of the vape.
Oscar • Oct 9, 2019 at 12:55 am
i agree that vaping is bad. Vaping might be at first something that you do on the side and then it could become an addiction. Once vaping no longer gives you the same pleasure that it gave you when you once started, you might move on to cigarettes and weed which is way worse.
Tiffany • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:58 pm
I agree with everyone who said vaping is bad for you. In my opinion I think it not only does damage to you, but also to your future. I think that at one point kids get tired of vaping and decide to try something even stronger and more addicting, possibly causing damage to themselves and their future. I feel like many kids try it to be “cool” without considering the side-affects.
Alexandra Uresti • Oct 8, 2019 at 8:44 pm
I agree that vaping is bad. It can really mess up your brain, which is why people shouldn’t do it. I don’t get the point how it can “relieve your stress” when it’s just destroying you. Making you crave it all the time in the future, depending on it and making yourself worst.
Esmeralda Ramirez • Oct 8, 2019 at 8:36 pm
I agree and think that vaping is bad for our health because we need to develop properly and without bad chemicals messing us up. It’s sad that people are so dependent on these chemicals to relax and relieve stress when there are other and healthier alternatives. Teens can die and face life altering conditions due to vaping but still won’t stop because they want to seem “cool”, it’s devastating.
Leonardo Castillo Alba • Oct 8, 2019 at 7:56 pm
Well of course vaping so bad, it’s like your other choice since you can’t buy cigarettes. But never do it, not even for trying it out, it will always haunt and follow you for the rest of your life. You can get yourself clean again but it’s better on not getting any nicotine in your body. Do not harm your body, it doesn’t affect only you, it also affect the people that cares about you.
K • Oct 8, 2019 at 7:23 pm
i agree with my other peers, vaping is really bad for you and your health. A great handful of Morton East students vape in the bathrooms or just vape in general.
Jazmin Arana • Oct 8, 2019 at 7:08 pm
It is sad to hear that some students believe that students think that vaping is healthy and use it as a way to relieve stress. If students are stressed they should talk to a friend or a adult or even their counselor to help them. I think that if a students is vaping they should stop because it will really affect them later in life.
Carolina • Oct 8, 2019 at 6:16 pm
Vaping can be really bad for you, especially doing it in your teenage years. Now that its a trend, its a bad trend that not everyone should be proud of following. its harming your body without you being aware of it.
Jilian A • Oct 8, 2019 at 5:48 pm
I agree with the people that wrote this article that vaping is bad. Even though many kids our age think it isn’t, well it is. Vaping can damage you in a mental way and also your body.
Jocelyn R • Oct 8, 2019 at 4:36 pm
Smoking is bad and everyone knows it is, especially for us teenagers who’s brains don’t even fully develop until we’re about 20-25. Either way most people are either pressured into smoking or just do it to fit in with people who do smoke.
Melissa Martinez • Oct 8, 2019 at 3:52 pm
I agree vaping is bad. What good is doing to your body? none! You are still inhaling a chemical other than oxygen into your lungs. There are other ways people could deal with stress.
uriel • Oct 8, 2019 at 2:15 pm
vaping is bad cause when you start vaping early it mess up your brain and its a bad way to relvive stress
Osvaldo.R • Oct 8, 2019 at 2:14 pm
I agree that people should stop vaping because it hurts your body and you are more likely to smoke if you were to vape. Also i feel that vaping is kind of lame.
Diana Mendez • Oct 8, 2019 at 2:13 pm
I didn’t know that vaping can get a person high. I thought it was to do other things not that it gets a person high. It shocked me that if an accident were to happen, it would be part of the schools fault.
Juan V • Oct 8, 2019 at 2:12 pm
I don’t see whats so cool about vaping, its dumb and its not good for your body. Also I do see the argument where teens say that vaping is good for you because it relaxes your body when your stressed. I just know that vaping is bad for your body that’s why i don’t do it,
Daniel Villanueva • Oct 8, 2019 at 1:12 pm
vaping is bad and is not a way to make you feel happy, vaping is addictive and will cause long term affects. Vaping can cause brain damage to teenager since there brain is still developing and will affect there intelligence and mental state.
Javier • Oct 8, 2019 at 11:15 am
First of all, all carts are fake, They come from the black market filled with dangerous chemicals that could be anything, Normally anything that is toxic for the body makes you feel a sense of being high so i agree that vaping is bad
brian • Oct 8, 2019 at 11:14 am
yo man where did you get “most teens vape due to time management” like what the he** does that mean i dont gwt it no hard feelings not tryin to be mean good article papa very informational eye opening and opinion : vapings so lame
Oscar Gonzalez • Oct 8, 2019 at 11:13 am
I don’t know why people vape, it’s honestly dumb because they know it’s bad for you, it can cause major health problems. They are basically cigarettes except less harmful, but vaping still harms your body. I agree with people that say vaping is harmful to you.
Nathalie • Oct 8, 2019 at 11:13 am
I agree with the people who say vaping is dangerous. Teens may see it as a way to relax when stress but there is other ways to relieve that stress. Which are way more healthier than smoking. With the influence of vaping, your health will deteriorate over the years, and teens are still developing.
Emiliano • Oct 8, 2019 at 11:12 am
Vaping is bad because you don”t know what you are smoking they can be fake carts.
Valery • Oct 8, 2019 at 11:12 am
I agree on some aspects of the claim, but I also side with the students who say they vape/smoke to ease their stress because I believe that it would help them cope with their problems. I do think that carts and vaping are the unhealthier alternative to smoking, but of course people will do what they can to feel relaxed.
Andres Torres • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:21 am
Vaping is bad and good helps relieve stress but also hurts you mentally. But you can do it but not too much.
Sergio Ramirez • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:19 am
I believe that vaping is bad because students minds aren’t fully developed yet and we can damage our brains. I also believe its bad because if you’re on a sports team smoking can slow down the way you’re able to move and it will slow down how fast you can move.
marcelo • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:17 am
I agree with you, many people vape and a lot of them do it in school. It is a really big problem for the school. I like how you have a lot to reference to in your article like the dean and some other people. And it was surprising to see that some people actually think that vaping does not harm you when it really does and they don’t realize that they are harming themselves.
danny • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:15 am
vaping is bad and instead of vaping do something else.
Celeste Zamora • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:15 am
Its obvious that vaping is bad because it can contain THC and nicotine and other dangerous substance. Those substances effects your physical and metal health. People that vape says that it helps them relieve stress and makes them feel happier but the truth is that there is many other ways that you can do to relieve stress and feel happy without having to harm your health such as going to the gym. The activities that can help relieve stress and make you happy without using a vape can also cost less than any actual vape.
miguel perez • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:14 am
I agree, vaping is bad for you. It’s bad for your overall health, especially brain development and lungs. Teenagers won’t realize the long term consequences. Many students at Morton East do it to fit in and others do it to relieve stress. Peer pressure is also a big factor when vaping. However, vaping once in a while wouldn’t hurt, as long as it’s not everyday.
MIguel • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:08 am
Just smoke weed instead and use the rolling paper because the blunt paper has extra chemicals
juan huerta • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:04 am
i think Morton students smoke more than all the schools in our community combined.but at the same time our body is still developing so you can’t blame us for wanting to try new things such as vaping.
Luz Mora • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:03 am
I agree with vaping being bad. We know that it damages our body and that we can die from it. So I think it’s a good idea to keep a student under the influence in the school because they could do something they’ll regret later.
Betsy G Carreno • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:24 am
I can’t believe that a lot of people actually vape. For this to be a new trend in the teenage years I find unbelievable. I agree with everyone that says that vaping is wrong.
JDavila • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:18 am
I think vaping is bad because even if people do not think it harms your body they are wrong. People may think it might not harm your body as much as cigarettes but it is still harming your body. It is not a safer alternative to cigarettes, if you want a safer alternative just stay away from all of it and keep your body healthy.
Andrea • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:17 am
Vaping is part of the norm in new teenage lives. Students in High School, and Jr High use vaping as a way to relax an deal with tough circumstances. It has been proven that vaping damages your lungs, your mouth and causes the brain development to be disrupted. Nothing will change until the users experience first hand health problems. Also, I find detaining students in the school when found to be under any type of influence is a good idea. We can only do so much as a school to help each other, but the rest of the battle should be fought by the users.
litzy • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:13 am
i believe that morton east is a school with many students that smoke, compared to other high schools around the area. although, some use vaping as a stress reliever and to go by the day faster, they don’t see the consequences that come if they were to get caught by the school staff.
anonymous • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:12 am
i believe that morton east is a school with many students that smoke, compared to other high schools around the area. although, some use vaping as a stress reliever and to go by the day faster but they don’t see the consequences that come if they were to get caught by the school staff.
Adrian Jauregui • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:06 am
I agree that vaping is bad, but that does not mean that people are going to stop doing it. As for the article, there are may run on sentences for example in the second paragraph. It was confusing due to the fact that some words were repeated and I did not know if it was meant to be like that or an error.
Giselle • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:04 am
I agree with the people that said that vaping is bad because you don’t know what chemicals are in it. It affects the brain. The pen can also explode at any time .Teens be buying “carts” off the street not knowing what the oil has inside.
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anonymous • Oct 7, 2019 at 2:35 pm
Vaping is bad because it has caused a lot of damage to teens bodys, it also messes with teens brain development.
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Arnulfo Ceballos • Oct 7, 2019 at 2:33 pm
vaping is bad
KP • Oct 7, 2019 at 2:31 pm
i agree that vaping is bad
Gustavo • Oct 7, 2019 at 2:31 pm
I think vaping is bad especially for us teen that are not old enough to make our own actions.
pablo Ortiz • Oct 7, 2019 at 2:21 pm
Vaping bad because it affect your brain in a bad way, and since it’s developing the effects are even worse
pablo Ortiz • Oct 7, 2019 at 2:18 pm
bruh on god the bathrooms smell like straight boof.
AdrianR • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:52 pm
I agree with the people that said Vaping is bad. Because it damages your body and brain. It is the same thing as a cigarette.
bryan • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:45 pm
vapor contains far less toxic ingredients that cigarette smoke, we must not forget that nicotine is still addictive and harmful. When it comes to negative effects of vaping on one’s health, according to some users, e-cigarette use may cause dry mouth, sore throat, and dizziness
jacky • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:42 pm
i agree vaping is bad. it can cause damage to both your lungs and heart. all lot of people think that smoking is a way to release stress, but in reality there has been so many cases about teenagers damaging their lungs have collapsed.
jonathan • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:39 pm
i agree that vaping is bad but there isn’t much of a way for schools to stop it, people are still going to vape outside of school or during school since they can do it easier and sneakier.
Diego • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:38 pm
I agree that vaping is bad because teenagers are to young to be smoking and can cause them a lot of damage to their body. like they can damage their lungs. that’s why i think that vaping is bad.
Kelvin Sanchez • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:37 pm
I agree because vaping is bad and you can get brain damage from it plus it can effect your lungs and could kill you.
Karina Lopez Rodriguez • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:35 pm
I agree with the students that said that vaping is bad. We are still teenagers and we are still developing. We need to be healthy to develop completely, vaping affects your health and stops development in our bodies. Teenagers can die because of this.
Luna Gomez • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:35 pm
Vaping is very unhealthy for teens, and yes it is bad but most students still do it on a daily. Its not that they don’t think about the consequences most teens just do it because they don’t want to deal with school and its relaxing and fun for them.
AdrianR • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:32 pm
vaping is bad
Anonymous • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:32 pm
I think vaping is bad for teenagers because it can harm their brain because it is still developing.
Gustavo R • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:28 pm
vaping is bad for you it will effect your developing brain and will possibly kill you, you could be using your money on other stuff rather than vaping cartridges too.
Daniel Lara • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:27 pm
I think that vaping is another way of smoking but can still be bad for your health.
Alan • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:44 pm
agree with the people that said that vaping is bad because it has different chemicals and ITS DAMGE your body and your brain .
Jazmin M • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:39 pm
I believe that Morton has definitely become a big target for this vaping epidemic. Many see it as a stress reliever but do not see the true consequences and outcomes of it. It truly does affect the developing brain especially in the frontal lobe.
Jorge • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:38 pm
I think vaping is bad, it affects the brain. The pen can also explode at any time .Teens be buying “carts” off the street not knowing what the oil has inside. They can be smoking pesticides without knowing & they waste around $25-$35 on a small oil.
Mario • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:36 pm
it’s a good feeling at first but could cause damage to your lungs and other parts of your body. it’s addicting a drug you inhale and don’t realize how much it’s affecting the person.
emmanuel • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:33 pm
i think teengers should not vape because it has nicotine and i think thc is safer because it doesnt contain nicotine
Aaron Ochoa • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:32 pm
i dont think vaping is bad just the carts that people be smoking be some boof shop w a real dispensery so you wont inhale no parasites
Lizbeth R • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:30 pm
My opinion is that vaping and doing other drugs is bad beacause there’s a lot of teenager’s who are destroying their body little by little. Our brain’s are still developing and if you start vaping it might cause brain damage and make your brain stop working.
carrell • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:30 pm
Man i say vaping is bad but like some people do it and you can’t save em all right. Keep that morton pride going and vape on or off g.
Keila C • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:28 pm
I do believe that vaping is bad because it does have a lot of cons to it. Most people who don’t smoke just vape and instantly get addicted. I don’t see the point in wasting your time doing that if it won’t get you anywhere. There’s a lot of ways to cope with stress and anxiety. Yeah I mean I get people can get sad and turn to drugs but it won’t get you anywhere, it’s just for temporary use.
tweedy • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:26 pm
I think that vaping is not bad beacuse they can help relieve stress levels since school is very stressful for students and can affect thier health vapes can relax them and help them through a very stressful year of school.
Leslie M • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:25 pm
I think vaping carts is dangerous, but no matter if it dangerous or not people are still going to do it. Vaping THC carts can affect the brain cause it starts making you forget things easily.
Chris Ard • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:24 pm
Vaping is terribe bad for the lungs and if your on a sports team it slows you down.
Isaac • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:24 pm
I think its bad because you don’t know what chemicals are in it.
Mario • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:23 pm
it’s decent, good feeling at first but can affect you later on and cause damage to your body with out knowing.
Andres Grajeda • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:23 pm
I agree that vaping is bad.
Bryan R • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:22 pm
Vaping is bad fo the people that are under the age of 25 because their body fully hasn’t fully developed yet so that means with the chemicals that it has is going to affect the persons body.
Ruby • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:20 pm
I agree vaping is bad.
alexis marin • Oct 7, 2019 at 10:39 am
I agree vaping is bad because you really don’t know what’s inside of them people can change what’s inside it .
Esveydi Alcaraz • Oct 7, 2019 at 10:34 am
Vaping does not helps you calm down your stress, it is really bad to use them. It is the same thing as using a cigarette, it could damage your lungs and end up dying.
Erick C • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:37 am
I have never really understood why people vape, sell them, etc., but if it helps them to calm down their stress level, then I guess it’s good. Using vapes to calm down stress isn’t really a good idea when there are other things to help you calm down.
Fernando Arreguin • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:23 am
i think vaping is bad because it can affect your brain development and can disrupt brain
Kimberly Bautista • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:15 am
I do think that vaping is bad for your health because there has been a lot of reports saying that teens have died for using these and can cause a lot of damage to your body.
Nazario • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:14 am
some people be smoking fake carts and it be having chemicals and people don’t know when its fake and just be smoking it and going to catch something.
Kevin D • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:13 am
My opinion is that vaping is bad because like it said in the reading it can affect brain development; and vape pens are dangerous because they could explode.
Nazario • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:13 am
some people be smoking fake carts and it be having chemicals and people don’t know when its fake and just be smoking it and going to catch something
Darwin Barajas Orozco • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:11 am
I agree with the people that said that vaping is bad beacause we are still teenage boys and girls. The reason why I’m saying this is because our body is still changing our brain is still developing. And vaping will make it stop developing, there’s people that die from vapping.