Vaping and Tobacco Insights

Name:

Date:

📚 Part 1: Reading questions (pre-knowledge & comprehension)

1. Vaping companies often advertise their products as "safer" and "cleaner" than regular cigarettes. Do you think this is true or misleading? Write 2–3 sentences explaining your opinion. Use what you already know or have seen in real life.

2. According to the reading, which of these best describes vaping?

Burning tobacco to make smoke

Heating a liquid to make an aerosol you inhale

Drinking flavoured liquid for health

3. Name two main parts of a typical e-cigarette (choose two to write):

Cartridge, tank or pod

Heating element

Battery

Mouthpiece

4. Is vaping just water vapour? Write one short sentence from the reading that explains your answer.

5. List two harmful substances that can be found in e-liquid.

🔎 Part 2: Finding information

6. What does EVALI stand for and what is one symptom?

7. Which flavouring chemical is linked to "popcorn lung"?

Diacetyl

Propylene glycol

Vitamin E acetate

Nicotine

8. Find two ways vaping can harm the body (besides addiction). Write them below.

💭 Part 3: Thinking, critical questions & reflection

9. Why might young people try vaping? (Tick all that apply.)

Flavours and advertising

Peer pressure or friends vape

To quit smoking traditional cigarettes

Because they think it's harmless

10. Explain in two or three sentences how vaping could lead someone to start smoking cigarettes.

11. As a class rule or school action to reduce vaping, suggest one practical step students could take and one rule the school could use. Keep each to one short sentence.

12. Summary & reflection: In 2–3 sentences, sum up the main health risks of vaping and say whether you think vaping is safer than cigarettes. Give a short reason.