((PKG)) VAPING
((TRT: 04:29))
((Topic Banner: Dangers of Vaping))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera/Editor: Mike Burke))
((Map: Reston, Virginia))
((Main character: 1 male))
((Sub character: 1 male))
((NATS))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
My name is Sid Thakker and I’m a rising senior at
James Madison High School. Throughout my high
school life, I've seen e-cigarettes really develop. So,
from ninth grade, it wasn't that big of an issue, but as I
moved on to 10th and 11th grade, the issue became
rampant. Many kids were caught with vapes, with
using an e-cigarette. The incidence rates almost went
up to 25 percent. So, one in every four students were
using one. And this was really concerning for me and
my principal. From 10th grade to 11th grade, we saw
e-cigarette detectors in bathrooms. We saw security
patrolling the hallways to making sure kids weren't
skipping class and using the bathrooms to vape
in. And so, we really saw how this problem became
not just an issue for kids, but an issue for school
security.
((NATS: Sid Thakker))
That dopamine is the main chemical that makes you
hooked onto the substance. It gives you that high,
is what’s makes it addictive.
((Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
My non-profit or NicRreport has really strived to
create a curriculum that's not just inclusive on the
factors of e-cigarettes and why it's such a big
problem, but we really hope to teach students
((Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
ways to say ‘no’ to using these e-cigarettes. One
problem we really face is that kids often don't want to
be using them but are often peer pressured into using
them. So, the curriculum we developed for health
class
((Photo Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
was really used to help educate students on the social
dangers that are around it and the emotional factors
around it.
((Photo Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
And we also created another curriculum in biology
class. And here we really wanted to focus on
educating students on the dangers of e-cigarettes
internally. We focused on how e-cigarettes affect
cells, how they affect our organelles. In total, we've
been able to impact over 3,000 students and
teachers.
((Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((NATS: Sid Thakker and Dr. Subash Baza))
If I'm able to get successful results within the ….
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
We had a chance to talk to over 100 parents on
exactly what I'm doing at our school and why this is
such a big issue.
One student that I was talking with, he was a really
big athlete at our school. And after learning about the
side effects of vaping on lung capacity and how much
air actually runs through his lungs, he was really
shocked to see.
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
And it really persuaded him not to be using the device
anymore.
((NATS: Sid Thakker))
Now we’re planning on actually moving to a couple other
high schools.
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
Sid's efforts at educating his fellow classmates and young
people everywhere about the dangers of vaping is going to
be critical to stopping this epidemic.
((Courtesy: Reuters))
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
There is a perception that it is “safer” than conventional
cigarettes and conventional tobacco products even though
we don't really know that. The rapid uptake is probably a
product of very sophisticated and careful marketing. It is
marketed as safer. It is marketed as a good way to help
quitting smoking. From a lung standpoint or a pulmonary
standpoint, there had been up to 2,000 cases reported of
what is termed vaping-induced lung disease,
((Courtesy: Reuters))
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
where a user suddenly gets a severe lung injury. The
ongoing use of cigarettes, probably combined with these
other products, causes continual damage to the
cardiovascular system.
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
A big lesson from COVID-19 is, you have to maintain your
health in any way possible. And something that is in
people's control is, don’t get started with smoking or
vaping products.
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
We're in our pristine years and we're at an all-time high. I
really hate to see kids really ruin their internal body
through this chemical that’s really just useless.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((TRT: 04:29))
((Topic Banner: Dangers of Vaping))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera/Editor: Mike Burke))
((Map: Reston, Virginia))
((Main character: 1 male))
((Sub character: 1 male))
((NATS))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
My name is Sid Thakker and I’m a rising senior at
James Madison High School. Throughout my high
school life, I've seen e-cigarettes really develop. So,
from ninth grade, it wasn't that big of an issue, but as I
moved on to 10th and 11th grade, the issue became
rampant. Many kids were caught with vapes, with
using an e-cigarette. The incidence rates almost went
up to 25 percent. So, one in every four students were
using one. And this was really concerning for me and
my principal. From 10th grade to 11th grade, we saw
e-cigarette detectors in bathrooms. We saw security
patrolling the hallways to making sure kids weren't
skipping class and using the bathrooms to vape
in. And so, we really saw how this problem became
not just an issue for kids, but an issue for school
security.
((NATS: Sid Thakker))
That dopamine is the main chemical that makes you
hooked onto the substance. It gives you that high,
is what’s makes it addictive.
((Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
My non-profit or NicRreport has really strived to
create a curriculum that's not just inclusive on the
factors of e-cigarettes and why it's such a big
problem, but we really hope to teach students
((Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
ways to say ‘no’ to using these e-cigarettes. One
problem we really face is that kids often don't want to
be using them but are often peer pressured into using
them. So, the curriculum we developed for health
class
((Photo Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
was really used to help educate students on the social
dangers that are around it and the emotional factors
around it.
((Photo Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
And we also created another curriculum in biology
class. And here we really wanted to focus on
educating students on the dangers of e-cigarettes
internally. We focused on how e-cigarettes affect
cells, how they affect our organelles. In total, we've
been able to impact over 3,000 students and
teachers.
((Courtesy: Sid Thakker/ NicReport.org))
((NATS: Sid Thakker and Dr. Subash Baza))
If I'm able to get successful results within the ….
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
We had a chance to talk to over 100 parents on
exactly what I'm doing at our school and why this is
such a big issue.
One student that I was talking with, he was a really
big athlete at our school. And after learning about the
side effects of vaping on lung capacity and how much
air actually runs through his lungs, he was really
shocked to see.
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
And it really persuaded him not to be using the device
anymore.
((NATS: Sid Thakker))
Now we’re planning on actually moving to a couple other
high schools.
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
Sid's efforts at educating his fellow classmates and young
people everywhere about the dangers of vaping is going to
be critical to stopping this epidemic.
((Courtesy: Reuters))
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
There is a perception that it is “safer” than conventional
cigarettes and conventional tobacco products even though
we don't really know that. The rapid uptake is probably a
product of very sophisticated and careful marketing. It is
marketed as safer. It is marketed as a good way to help
quitting smoking. From a lung standpoint or a pulmonary
standpoint, there had been up to 2,000 cases reported of
what is termed vaping-induced lung disease,
((Courtesy: Reuters))
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
where a user suddenly gets a severe lung injury. The
ongoing use of cigarettes, probably combined with these
other products, causes continual damage to the
cardiovascular system.
((Dr. Subash Bazaz, Cardiologist, General and Nuclear
Cardiology))
A big lesson from COVID-19 is, you have to maintain your
health in any way possible. And something that is in
people's control is, don’t get started with smoking or
vaping products.
((Sid Thakker, Founder, NicReport; High School
Senior))
We're in our pristine years and we're at an all-time high. I
really hate to see kids really ruin their internal body
through this chemical that’s really just useless.
((MUSIC/NATS))
