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why do students at OSC vape - Coggle Diagram
why do students at OSC vape
reasons at home
a need to rebel against parents/authority figures
being a teenager is the time during a persons life to rebel and act out, finding yourself out and choosing your own set of rules
maybe you are constantly told to discontinue using vape by an authority figure in your life and you may act out by continuing to vape
vaping is accepting in your home
you may be permitted to vape because of your parents/caregiver
stress from family, vaping is used to take mind off things
usually, if arguments or fights happen at home, they might use vaping to block it out, nicotine is a relaxant drug
peer pressure
parents
some parents may tell student that they should vape instead of smoke;
this is usually for good intentions because they don't want their children smoking, so they use vaping as an alternative
advertisers
a lot of advertisers for vape products, actually have quite a lot of bright and snappy colours.
these types of advertising schemes are usually targeted towards young people and not adults, the fun and nice sounding flavours also influence this advertising
friends
young people may have friends that vape and are constantly told to try it
friends could guilt trip said young person, that if they don't vape they "aren't cool"
influence
influenced by media
favourite social media platforms, may advertise vaping
platforms such as instagram, tiktok, facebook whatnot; do largely advertise vaping if you constantly search it up in your search engine. they influence your decision in whether or not you will vape, social media platforms advertising this a lot normalises vaping
influenced by parents
some parents may vape, children do look up to their parents
young people are GREATLY influenced by their caregivers, it's the person they have been growing up with for however long they've been alive. parents are the first influencers in a childs life, unless they are bad parents.
children copy a lot of parents actions in life, being around a vape can definitely get a young person to take vaping up in their future
influenced by idols/celebreties
a lot of young people look up to these idols/celebrities and may see them as someone they can relate to. seeing a celebrity vaping on scene or a photo of them vaping, may influence the young person.
a lot of idols may even advertise vaping, especially if they are influencers, it's in their name. influence
for yourself
a sense of identity
a lot of young people have trouble with identity, so vaping could be a type of identification for them
things such as aesthetics and style greatly influence identity. and to be quite honest teens are stereotyped to be into drugs and alcohol and vaping, because we are "oh so rebelious"
mental health
young persons struggling with mental health may see vaping
as a numbing mechanism
things such as anxiety or PTSD are a few mental health issues where people can look to vaping to numb the pain, I mean people use medical weed to ease pain
general interest in vaping
young people/students may just like the overall taste, smell or feel of nicotine
students who have vaped for a long time may have gotten used to the taste and smell, maybe even enjoyed it over time. it may have continued into an addiction