How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States In the United States, youth use e cigarettes, or vapes, more than any other tobacco product. Most e cigarettes contain nicotine, which is highly addictive. Nicotine can harm the parts of an adolescent's brain HAPPY EARTH DAY! Vapes and cigs harm more than your body. It harms MOTHER EARTH. Let's live a Puff Free Planet. In 2023 alone, there was 18,7500 lbs of vape waste. Do you know what's in your vape? There has been a large increase of reports of other substances being found in vapes, such as: THC or Tetrahydrocannabinol (an ingredient from cannabis)