Assignment: Literature Review
Hasanpreet Kaur
University Canada West
ENG 102: Critical Analysis and Writing
Professor Tamar Harris
December 05, 2023
Introduction:
Scholarly investigations into the effects of vaping, particularly on both physical and mental well-being, have been prompted by the alarming incidence of vaping among Canadian teenagers. Three sources are compiled in this annotated bibliography to provide insightful information about the growing youth vaping fad. In his investigation of the impact of vaping on mental health, Scott B. Patten (2021) highlights the necessity of focused interventions and cessation therapies in the first source. The second source, a 2019 webpage from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emphasizes the risks and hazards of vaping while offering vital information on serious lung ailments linked to e-cigarette usage. Comprehensive knowledge of the problems caused by teenage vaping sets the stage for successful interventions. The third source is a scholarly study by Naylor and Nunn (2019) that examines the causes, patterns, and effects of youth vaping on lung health. When taken as a whole, these resources help provide a thorough grasp of the problems caused by teenage vaping and set the stage for successful interventions.
Thesis Statement: Scholarly studies exploring the impacts of vaping on mental and physical health have been driven by the concerning rate of vaping among Canadian youth. This annotated bibliography provides comprehensive knowledge of the issues caused by teenage vaping and lays the groundwork for effective interventions by analyzing the effects of vaping on mental health, emphasizing the risks and hazards associated with vaping, and investigating the causes and effects of youth vaping on lung health.
The essay by Scott B. Patten (2021, p55) highlights how vaping among Canadian teenagers is changing. The study highlights the need for customized cessation interventions because vaping habits differ from traditional smoking habits. Drawing comparisons between vaping and traditional tobacco cigarettes, Patten argues that it is critical to comprehend the possible effects of vaping on mental health. The paper by Hughes, J., et al., (2021, pp18-35 does, however, agree that more investigation is necessary to completely understand these impacts. This source is crucial for recognizing the need for faster research on the effects of teen vaping on mental health and for promoting more targeted interventions and therapies.
According to Polosa, R., Casale, T. B., & Tashkin, D. P. (2021, pp159-162), this information from the 2019 CDC webpage is essential to comprehending the short-term health concerns of vaping, especially about serious lung injury. The CDC's thorough examination of the symptoms, deaths, and potentially harmful substances present in e-cigarettes highlights how urgent it is to address this public health issue. The CDC's clear warning to kids, teens, and young adults not to use e-cigarettes fits in well with the larger conversation about how vaping lowers engagement and lowers performance. This alignment strengthens the source's authority and pertinence, making it an invaluable resource for understanding the immediate health risks associated with vaping. This CDC source becomes a crucial resource for promoting educated public health policies and actions as society struggles with the rising incidence of young vaping.
According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018), our understanding of youth vaping has been greatly advanced by Naylor and Nunn's 2019 scholarly study, which synthesizes current studies to highlight the detrimental effects on health, particularly lung health. This thorough analysis highlights the harmful consequences of e-cigarettes on developing bodies and critically examines the paucity of reliable information about the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as tools for teen smoking cessation. The study highlights the need for more thorough research in this area and questions accepted wisdom. To address the complexity of nicotine dependence among young people who vape, Naylor and Nunn, advocate for complete treatment approaches by fusing findings on the health repercussions and effectiveness of cessation. This adds to the larger discourse. Therefore, this source is essential for developing more nuanced responses to the problems raised by teenage vaping and for directing tailored treatments.
Published in 2021, Scott B. Patten's study explores the growing trend of vaping among youth in Canada, highlighting the need for focused treatments to help people quit and a deeper comprehension of the possible effects on mental health. To understand the temporal characteristics and confounding variables related to vaping, Patten emphasizes the shifting landscape of vaping, which was once thought to be a smoking cessation help. She also emphasizes the significance of randomized cessation studies. Research by Rahman, M. A., et al (2014, p55-75) indicates some similarities between vaping and regular tobacco cigarettes, further research is needed to properly understand the implications for mental health, according to the study. Through her work, Patten pushes for targeted treatments to address the growing drug use trends among adolescents and highlights the need to research the impacts of vaping on mental health.
Conversely, the 2019 academic study by Naylor and Nunn examines youth vaping and offers information on its causes, popular culture, and health effects. The report summarizes current studies, focusing in particular on the detrimental effects of e-cigarettes on young people's lung health. Crucially, Naylor and Nunn address the dearth of reliable information regarding the effectiveness of e-cigarettes in aiding youth in quitting smoking. The authors refute presumptions regarding the efficacy of e-cigarettes as teen quitting aids by recognizing this knowledge gap. According to the study, more all-encompassing treatment strategies are required, ones that are specifically designed to address the special difficulties that young people who are addicted to nicotine through vaping confront.
Although both studies add to the expanding corpus of information regarding child vaping, their foci are different. While Patten's research emphasizes the need for immediate mental health implications studies and targeted interventions, Naylor and Nunn offer a thorough analysis of the harmful effects on health, especially lung health, and refute common misconceptions about the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as teen cessation aids.
Conclusion:
Finally, the annotated bibliography highlights the need for research and action by shedding light on several aspects of the Canadian adolescent vaping phenomena. The CDC's 2019 reporting of urgent health risks, Scott B. Patten's investigation of the mental health ramifications, and Naylor and Nunn's 2019 findings on lung health together offer a thorough framework for comprehending and resolving the issues raised by youth vaping. These resources provide insightful viewpoints that can direct focused initiatives and lead to a healthier future for Canada's youth as legislators and medical experts wrestle with this developing public health issue.
References:
Patten, S., 2021.Epidemiology for Canadian students: Principles, methods, and critical appraisal. Brush Education.
Hughes, J., Sykes, G., Hughes, K., O'Reilly, M., Goodwin, J., Sutton, C., & Karim, K. (2021). From gateways to multilinear connections: A qualitative longitudinal investigation of the relationships between vaping and smoking among adolescent users.International Journal of Drug Policy,97, 103341.
Polosa, R., Casale, T. B., & Tashkin, D. P. (2022). A close look at vaping in adolescents and young adults in the United States.The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice,10(11), 2831-2842.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). Public health consequences of e-cigarettes.
Rahman, M. A., Hann, N., Wilson, A., & Worrall-Carter, L. (2014). Electronic cigarettes: patterns of use, health effects, use in smoking cessation and regulatory issues.Tobacco induced diseases,12, 1-9.
Assignment: Annotated Bibliography
University Canada West
ENG 102: Critical Analsysis and Writing
Professor Tamar Harris
November 26, 2023
Annotated Bibliography
Vaping cannabis among teens is up, smoking cannabis among teens is down. (2022). Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter, 38(10), 56. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbl.30662The trend of vaping among teenagers has increased rapidly over the period of time and traditional smoking is declining. This shift has increased the discussions about this topic in researchers and policymakers and increasing concerns for teen health and well-being of people. Among other findings the key finding is the increment of vaping especially on less harmful alternatives like flavoured cartridges have contributed in the popularity of teen vaping. As the traditional smoking decreased it may happen because of the increment of awareness of health. Particularly in respiratory issues. Campaigns and educational initiatives focus on spreading awareness could influencing the teenagers choices regarding to the consumption methods. This article provides a very relevant and recent data showing current trends and a shift in landscape of vape consumption amog teens. Authors also used survays and analysis to add more strength to this topic
Compared with other this article has combined approach of both vaping and smoking trends provides a special overview of teen perspective on vaping and suggests to make policies and taking strict actions to decrease the consumptions among teenagers.
Dub, C. E., Pbert, L., Nagawa, C. S., Simone, D. P., Wijesundara, J. G., & Sadasivam, R. S. (2023). Adolescents Who Vape Nicotine and Their Experiences Vaping: A Qualitative Study. Substance Abuse: Research & Treatment, 19. https://doi.org/10.1177/11782218231183934In this article authors dives into subjective aspects of teenagers vaping and provide data and insights and explained different factors and key conclusions that help us to understand this phenomina. The study shows what motivates teenagers to vape such as stress relief, curiosity and social media and suggests how we can prevent us from it by using the given stratigies. Apart from it it highlights the exploration of subjective experiences during vaping and throws light on how emotions, sensations and social dynamics are linked with teen vaping. By understanding these aspects the study explains why health initiatives not only affect vaping but also psychologicaly. The given source is impactful because of its qualitative approach that provides huamnized perspective and compliments studies on examining trends of teen vaping, it also suggests that the personal narratives and social trends influence this trend.
This study stands out because of its subjective aspect and by examining researches and comprehensive understandings of factors influencing adolescence vaping and suggests to develop more efficient and targated public health intervantions.
Vogel, E. A., Hashemi, R., Ramo, D. E., Darrow, S. M., Costello, C., & Prochaska, J. J. (2023). Adolescents perceptions of nicotine vaping-related social media content. Psychology of Popular Media. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000452This study explains how youth is engaging in vaping-related content on social media platforms and how it influence their perspective by providing insights on this impact on attitude behaviour towards vaping. The key explanation is how social media have a huge impact on adolescents perceptions of vaping. This research shows the role of platforms like instagram, tiktok and facebook on unconscious mind of teenagers that increase vaping trend. Also content posted by their peers increase sence of acceptance in society. The study highlights te need of targated awareness on social media platforms as well. This source is very usefull because it shows the social dimensions of teenage vaping by encouraging perceptions over quantifying behaviour, provides a qualitive layer of understanding how media complements vaping.
This study is unique because of its qualitative aspects on preceptions of teenagers on vaping influenced by social media. By using both qualitative and quantitive findings we can understand this concept very easily that encourage us to make more effective stratagies and educational initiatives to decrease vaping among teenagers of our society.
