The More You Vape, The Worse You Can Feel Tastes Like Mint, Feels Like Anxiety and Its a Breath of Stress Air Colliding Crises: Mental Health & Vaping According to the Truth Initiative, years of scientific, peer-reviewed research shows nicotine can amplify feelings of anxiety and depression and increase levels of stress, as detailed in Colliding Crises: Youth Mental Health and Nicotine Use. Published in September, 2021, at the same time as the Depression Stick! launch, Colliding Crises: Youth Mental Health and Nicotine Use is the organizations latest evidentiary report detailing how vaping nicotine, used by teenagers to try to alleviate their symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress, may actually be causing those issues to become very much worse
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In recognition of the Great American Smoke Out on November 20, 2025, our Prevention Specialist Teresa has put together 10 short videos with 10 Tips to Quit Smoking or Vaping
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