Rock Rapids, Iowa — The health departments in Sioux and Lyon counties — Health Services of Lyon County and Community Health Partners — will host a free presentation on the dangers of vaping and what to look for. The presentation will be in Rock Rapids this Wednesday, October 23rd.
Lyon County Health Nurse Melissa Stillson says it’s surprising the number of students who have tried vaping.
She says unlike cigarettes, vaping materials are easy to hide, and it’s becoming worse.
Stillson tells us that there is more risk because kids are unaware of what vaping can do.
And with all the flavors of vape, it makes it even more enticing she says.
According to Stillson, the manufacturers of vaping products originally thought they were doing a good thing by producing a way for smokers to get their nicotine fix without smoking cigarettes.
She says it kind of backfired, for lack of a better term.
Stillson says there will be similar presentations as to the dangers of vaping at George-Little Rock and Central Lyon Schools on Wednesday. But she believes kids and parents need to talk about it at home too.
Stillson encourages you to take your kids to the presentation as well, even if they already heard about it in school.
The event is on October 23, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Forster Community Center in Rock Rapids.
