Youth vaping

Dr Colette Muir talks about youth vaping, what we need to know.

Topics

Intro
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Why become interested in vaping?
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What are the numbers?
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Why are youth vaping?
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Ministry position
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Potential harm
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Canadian peadiatic society statement
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5 A framework
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Toolbox for clinicians
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Vaping and schools
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What needs to happen in this space
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Take home messages
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Take home messages

You need to know about teen vaping – it’s a thing!
Ask/screen about vaping - Use your youth health skills
Help support our education based colleagues
Support a youth public health voice in this complex area.

Resources

Vaping with nicotine more common than smoking among nz teens Youth19 - A youth2000 Survey
Tobacco prevention toolkit Stanford Medicine
Protecting children and adolescents against the risks of vaping Canadian Paediatric Society
Vaping-related injury and illness among Canadian children and adolescents: a one-time survey of paediatric providers BMJ Journals
Vaping Health Navigator NZ Information for clinician and consumers

Patient Resources

Presenter

Colette Muir

Developmental Paediatrician

Colette is a developmental paediatrician who works at starship hospital at Auckland DHB and also at the Kauri Centre. She trained in Auckland and then completed her developmental paediatric fellowship at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane.

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