New research by a team of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa experts shows that menthol in e-cigarettes can be harmful to respiratory health. The findings come as e-cigarette use is on the rise among Hawaiʻi’s youth, with about one third of all high schoolers being regular users. This session will explore the increasing research evidence, especially longterm toxicological data that emerged only in recent years, has suggested that e-cigarettes are an immediate threat to lung health.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify biological risks associated with e-cigarette use and menthol.
- Define key data used to determine risk associated with e-cigarette use.
- Identify key public health program and policy solutions to reduce e-cigarette usage.
Target Audience: Substance use counselors, social workers, health educators, registered dietitians and other health professionals.
Duration: ~2 hours
Continuing Education Information: 2.0 Category 1 Credits for CHES; 2.0 CPEUs for Registered Dietitians,
CHES Provider number: 99036; CPEU Provider number: 21216Format: Recorded Webinar
Created/Updated: Presented live 1/10/2023
Keynote Speaker: Yi Zuo, PhD, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Adjunct Prof. of Pediatrics, JABSOM University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Panel Discussion: Valerie Saiki, Kauaʻi CTFH Community Coordinator, Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute;Sun Choi, Health Promotions Manager at American Lung Association - Hawai'i Coalition for Tobacco Free-Hawaii Youth Council Member; Joshua Ching, Advocate Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute
Disclosures: The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest.
