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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020
The Observer
Vapes, e-cigarettes are not safe for anyone
M ILESTONES
By Carrie Brogoitti
Despite emerging clues about
the cause of vape-related illness
and deaths, the cold fact remains:
Breathing anything
other than clean air
into your lungs is
harmful. Yet two of the
substances most used
by Union County youth
Brogoitti — tobacco (including
vapes) and marijuana
— are inhaled. This is why these
two substances are priorities for the
Union County Safe Communities
Coalition, a diverse group of com-
munity members working together
for a safe, healthy and drug-free
community.
Here is a critical and misunder-
stood fact: E-cigarettes and vapes
are not safe ways to quit smoking.
Vape products, like Juul, contain
nicotine — signifi cant quanti-
ties in most cases. One Juul pod
has as much nicotine as a pack of
Submitted photo
Virginia McLaughlin, of
Island City, will celebrate
her 100th birthday with a
special lunch at noon Sat-
urday, at the Union County
Senior Center, 1504 N.
Albany St., La Grande. Her
friends are invited to enjoy
the catered lunch.
cigarettes. These products are just
another way for the tobacco industry
to maintain addictions and hold
on to customers. In fact, more than
half of people who vape also smoke
cigarettes.
We must continue to push for
ways to protect kids from vape —
and all tobacco. E-cigarettes and
vape are highly addictive, and young
people are using them at shocking
rates. One in four Oregon 11th-
graders use e-cigarettes, a number
that climbed nearly 80% in just two
years. Adolescent brains are particu-
larly susceptible to addiction, and
kids who use e-cigarettes are three
times as likely to start smoking as
their peers who don't vape.
Let's not be lulled by the tobacco
industry into thinking vape products
are safe. There are other ways we can
help our friends, family and neigh-
bors quit for good that don't include
inhaling dangerous aerosol. Anyone
in Oregon can get free counseling
and FDA-approved nicotine re-
placement therapy medication, like
patches or gum, through the Oregon
Quit Line. Quitting addiction is
hard, and it may take people several
attempts. Studies show that people
who receive medication and counsel-
ing are twice as likely to succeed in
their efforts to quit.
Help is available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, for both youth
and adults. People can reach the
Quit Line through the following
contacts:
English: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-
800-784-8669) or quitnow.net/oregon
Spanish: 1-855-DÉJELO-YA
(1-855-335-35692) or quitnow.net/
oregonsp
Native Quit Line for Alaska
Indians and Native Americans:
1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669),
then press "7"
TTY: 1-877-777-6534
"This is Quitting" is a free, con-
fi dential, 24/7 texting program for
B REIFS
Community drive aims to
help replenish the blood
supply
LA GRANDE — The American
Red Cross has extended its urgent
call for donors of all blood types to give
blood or platelets.
The Red Cross must collect nearly
13,000 blood donations and more than
2,600 platelet donations each day for
patients who rely on blood to survive,
according to a news release from the
organization, and shortfalls in dona-
tions can cause delays in essential
medical care.
With infl uenza escalating across
the country and preventing some do-
nors from giving, and winter weather
threatening to cancel blood drives, the
Red Cross now has a critical shortage
of type O blood and urgently needs
donors to restock the shelves.
teens and young adults who vape.
Text DITCHJUUL to 88709 or www.
thisisquitting.com.
Are you the parent of a young
person who vapes? Parents can text
QUIT to 202-899-7550 to sign up
to receive text messages designed
specifi cally for the parents of vapers.
Until health experts can identify
why people who have used these
products have become seriously
ill, and in some cases died, offi cials
are recommending that no vaping
product should be used. People who
experience symptoms of the illness
after using vaping products, such as
shortness of breath, cough or chest
pain, should immediately seek medi-
cal attention. Additional information
can be found at www.healthoregon.
org/vaping.
Carrie Brogoitti is the public health
administrator for Center for Human
Development and serves on the Union
County Safe Communities Coalition.
B IRTHS
The Red Cross announced a com-
muntiy blood drive Tuesday noon to
6 p.m. in the gym of the La Grande
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. To make an appointment, con-
tact Linda Strand at 541-963-4261. Do-
nations of all blood types are welcome.
Bring a friend to senior
center’s Sweet Treat Social
LA GRANDE — The Union
County Senior Center, 1504 N.
Albany St., La Grande, is hosting
a Sweet Treat Social from 2-3 p.m.
Wednesday. All are encouraged to
bring a friend to share the yummy
treats and see what the senior
center has to offer.
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Grande Ronde Hospital
EVANS: To Krista Evans and
Max Evans, of Island City, a son,
Lincoln Maxwell Evans, 9 pounds 6
ounces, Dec. 28, 2019, at 1:33 p.m.
Grandparents are Noralee Evans
and Troy and Patricia Potts.
HALLADAY: To Shelby Lynn Hal-
laday and Calvin James Halladay,
of La Grande, a son, Hawken Scott
Halladay, 8 pounds 3 ounce.s, Dec.
27, 2019, at 8:08 a.m.
McDONALD: To Kathy McDon-
ald and Jesse McDonald, of La
Grande, a son, Conor Grover Mc-
Donald, 9 pounds 1 ounces, Dec.
16, 2019, at 5:56 p.m. Grandparents
are Dave and Pan Mann.
SMITH: To Katelyn Smith and
Laine Smith, of Union, a daughter,
Ava Mae Smith, 7 pounds 3 ounces,
Dec. 26, 2019, at 12:44 p.m. Grand-
parents are John and JoAnn Hefner
and Randy and Rhonda Smith.
TAYLOR: To Sara Markham
Taylor and Trevor Eden Taylor, of La
Grande, a son, Brack Leon Taylor,
8 pounds 6 ounces, Dec. 20, 2019,
at 1:03 p.m. Grandparents are Tim
and Eden Taylor, Mike and Linda
Markham, Tim Taylor, Marjorie Re-
ese, Ed Markham, Wilma Markham,
and Leon and LaRue Johnson.
DUFFY: To Alicia Dawn Phillips
and Jeremy David Duffy, of La
Grande, a daughter, Eve Aurora
Duffy, 5 pounds 7 ounces, Jan.
3 at 7:21 p.m. Grandparents are
Wendy Phillips, David Phillips,
Gary Lilleston, Carla Duffy and
Larry Davis.
HAYCOCK: To Jaime Nicole
Thiess and Cody Lawrence Hay-
cock, of La Grande, a son, Wyatt
Haycock, 8 pounds 5 ounces, Jan.
2 at 2:54 a.m. Grandparents are
Richard Thiess, Debra Lizzio-Thiess,
Rick Haycock and Lynette Sponsier.
YIFTHEG: To Sheldeen Maria Pua
Yiftheg and Thomas Jose Itibus
Yiftheg, of La Grande, a son, Fran-
cisco Ignatius Pio Kiseki Tamag Pua
Yiftheg, 5 pounds 5 ounces, Jan.
16 at 10:45 a.m. Grandparents are
Michael and Elphidia Yiftheg and
Rudolfo and Irene Pua.
Wallowa Memorial
Hospital
WARNOCK: To Emily Paige
Warnock and Brandon Joe War-
nock, of Imnaha, a daughter, Eila
Alvedia Warnock, 6 pounds 4.5
ounces, Dec. 20, 2019, at 7:55 a.m.
Grandparents are Charity and
Phillip Ketscher and Shari and Joe
Warnock.
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