Unspoken Peer Pressure- When one observes another doing something, which may cause one to go along with it.

Direct Peer Pressure- determined by behavior, such as someone directly handing you something.

Indirect Peer Pressure- hearing of a behavior that may influence you to want to want to do it.

Negative Peer Pressure- one asking another to engage in an activity that is against their moral code.

Positive Peer Pressure- one asking another to engage in an activity that may be beneficial or helpful to them.

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-164705#:~:text=Other%20work%20has%20found%20that,youth%20use%20of%20e%2Dcigarettes.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34202600/#:~:text=This%20analysis%20focused%20on%20the,first%20ENDS%20product%20(60%25).

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1007-e-cigarette-use.html

"Hey, you wanna 'hit the za' with me?"

"I actually have a big track meet later, so I can't!"

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You're at a party and everyone else is 'getting faded,' and you are offered an E-Cigarette.

"I'm good. I've heard what those things can do to you!"

Or, alternatively, you may accept it and simply not use it, to potentially protect other victims!

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You're at a friends house.

"I've got some E-cigs in my room, you wanna 'take a hit' with me?"

"Your parents might find out, and then they'd get mad! I wouldn't want that!"

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You're at a sports practice and some fellow star athlete offers you a 'boost.'

"I've got a 'vape' with me, wanna 'puff it up' together?"

"I think that would negatively impact my performance! I'm sorry, but I would rather not!"

2.5 million teenagers reported using E-cigarettes.

People have a higher tendency to display the same actions of their peers. If a peer is vaping or using some form of e-cigarette they are more likely to start using e-cigarettes or vapes. Flavors often tend to attract adolescents to start using these products because this form of smoking has an infatuating affect on their minds.