Kerin Burdette, DDS, MPH, FAAPD: No financial relationships to disclose
Current trends of vaping among adolescents report staggering numbers. There's concern with nicotine addiction and other substances within the e-cigarette liquid. Also, added flavorings continue to make vaping attractive. The e-cigarette market is evolving and evading the latest rules/ regulations meant to help mitigate this public health epidemic. A mini-tutorial of tech savvy cessation tools will be introduced to practitioners to enhance their knowledge and ability to assist and educate their pediatric patients.
Learning Objectives:
• Identify vaping’s role as a public health epidemic among children in the U.S.
• List the multiple complications caused by vaping upon adolescents.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of tech savvy cessation tools that can be used to educate and assist pediatric patients.