26 Health and Sustainability
Episode description
Everything you wanted to know about vaping, but didn’t know who to ask. How much do you know about the dangers of vaping? Did you know e-cigarettes contain toxins and carcinogens? That youth who vape are four times as likely to start smoking traditional cigarettes? That second-hand vape smoke can affect the health of bystanders?
Our health and the health of those in our community is an essential part of sustainability. Looking to Our Future, the Pikes Peak region’s 2030 sustainability plan states:
- By 2030, the Pikes Peak region ranks in the top 10 for the United States for individual and population health and well-being.
- By 2030, health and wellness care is accessible and affordable for every resident.
Grace Houser, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonology at Children's Hospital Colorado gives us a preview of the new Children’s Hospital opening in May or June, 2019 in Colorado Springs, and what that means for access to health care in our community. She also provides an eye-opening education on the dangers of vaping, and efforts to protect people – especially adolescents – from those risks.
During questions and answers, El Paso County Public Health officials Dacia Hudson and Jenny Best, who oversee the Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership, were in the audience and provided useful information.
The moderator was Chris Aaby, Executive Director of the Catamount Institute and of Generation Wild of the Pikes Peak Region, and board member of Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future.
LINKS:
Dr. Houser's Vaping Slide Presentation
Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future
Looking to Our Future: Pikes Peak Region 2030 sustainability plan
Children's Hospital Vaping Handout
El Paso County Youth Tobacco & Vaping Statistics
Get Outdoors Day Colorado Springs June 1, 2019
This presentation was made at the monthly Sustainability in Progress (SIP) event on May 15, 2019. Sustainability in Progress is a monthly program of the Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future. Join us (free) the third Wednesday of every month 7:30-9:00 a.m. in the Wildcat Room at the Ivywild School. Coffee and pastries are provided.
About Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future
The mission of Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future is to promote regional sustainability and advance the Pikes Peak region's