How Nicotine Affects Your Brain
Videos
References
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Description of video imagery
Title: How Nicotine Affects Your BrainA person's head appears. Circular Ns, representing nicotine, stream into the brain. The figure puffs on an e-cigarette, and Ns spread throughout the brain. Blue circles emit from nicotine molecules into the brain. A dopamine starburst appears. Icons representing concentration, memory, mood appear. A blue figure does a happy dance. Rs representing receptors absorb multiple Ns for nicotine. The figure vapes while nicotine floods the brain. Weeks pass on the calendar. The figure shows nausea, irritability, headache, and suffering. The screen fills with nine head figures vaping. The brain appears on screen with nicotine molecules dissipating. Helpful resources for quitting nicotine appear. A link to the project website and references are provided.
Resources to Help Quit Vaping
Digital Quitting Program (Truth Initiative)
Vaping and E-cigarettes: Quitting, Resources, Facts (New York State Quitline)
Stop Smoking/Vaping (Center for Community Health and Prevention, University of Rochester Medical Center)
Learn more about addressing adolescent e-cigarette use in rural communities.
