E-cigarettes and Vaping

Lung Foundation Australia in collaboration with National Best Practice Unit (NBPU) and Apunipima Cape York Health Council have co-designed a series of resources for young First Nations people aged 18-24 years old.  

The resources include a video animation, three fact sheets and a poster, and cover everything you need to know about vaping and the impact on physical and mental health, nicotine dependence, how vaping affects the environment and the people around you, tobacco industry tactics and colonisation, reasons to quit vaping and how to make quitting work for you. 

Alongside National Best Practice Unit and the Tackling Indigenous Smoking team, young people from Cape York Queensland were involved in the collaboration and helped to bring the essence of Cape York into the resources. Their feedback has been invaluable to make sure that the resources cover all the information needed to help young people make informed choices about vaping not only for themselves, but also for country and community.  

Did you know: 

• Vapes contain dangerous chemicals. 
• They can cause serious lung damage, and they are addictive. 
• Vapes can harm the people around you and even your pets.  
• Vapes cause pollution and are bad for country.

In this fact sheet “E-cigarettes and vaping” learn all about vapes and what is in them, how vapes affect your physical and mental health and how they impact the people around you. Learn about nicotine addiction and what the signs of nicotine dependence look like. Understand more about how vapes pollute the lands and waterways. Get quick links to further information and support to help you quit vaping. 

Test your knowledge with myths and facts about vaping and uncover the true facts about vapes and the impact they can have. To protect your health, your community and country, and save money – quit vaping today. 

Lung Foundation Australia developed these resources with support from the Queensland Government.