Should Vaping and E-cigarettes be banned?

In the past years, vaping has become very popular. I would even say it is even more popular than smoking cigarettes. Vaping contains nicotine and which is a very addictive chemical. You might've heard of the brand “JUUL” before, which was known to be one of the top vapes in 2020-2021. However, on June 23, 2022, the FDA made Juul stop selling all of their products in the United States  This included removing products currently on the market, including Juul devices and pods. E-cigarettes were the 4th most popular tobacco product in 2019. In 2018 it was estimated that 1 in 5 high school students owned a “Juul” or another type of e-cigarette. 

 

Some may say that there are pros like, it can help adults quit smoking and prevent youth from smoking. But I do not think that vaping is any better than smoking. I think it is worse. Research says that one cartridge that goes in a vape has 20 cigarettes in it and a teen is more likely to to smoke those cartridges at a must faster rate than cigarettes. Some may say that Vaping is a “safer” way to ingest tobacco. However, I strongly disagree. Vaping can cause a thing called  “popcorn” lungs which can ruin your lungs and can even cause death.

There are many cons but a few are, vaping is causing a serious addiction in young kids. Vaping is also much easier to “smoke” than cigarettes. For example, you could vape in the bathroom without having a strong smell to you whereas if you were to smoke a cigarette you would be able to smell it on your clothes. Another cause is that vaping can cause serious health problems like depression, lung disease, or even strokes. Vaping can cause addiction to other drugs that could be more serious and could harm you a lot more. One last con is that e-cigarettes can start on fire and explode. Some people have lost body parts (like an eye, tooth, or tongue) due to e-cigarettes exploding. Airports even ban all vapes or e-cigarettes to go under the plane in case it would explode under the plane. 

 

I think vaping is very bad and should be banned in all states. Vaping is not any better than smoking cigarettes. Banning vaping could save many people's lives. And prevent future addictions to worse drugs.

  1. Is vaping worse than smoking in your opinion?
  2. Do you think e-cigarette companies are targeting young kids?
  3. How do you think we can prevent vaping?

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  • I personally think that vaping is worse than smoking in my opinion. Although vaping hasn't been around long enough to see its long-term effects, so we don't know scientifically if it's worse than smoking. I 100% think that e-cigarette companies are targeting young kids, and that's why they are so popular among a younger audience. 

    • I also think that vaping is worse. 

  •  I think that vaping is worse than smoking, but most places have people convinced that this is not true. However, we have not seen the long term effects of vaping, so we can't say that it isn't as bad as smoking. In the long run, it is probably way worse. I definetly think that the sellers are targeting young kids. I think that we need to find a way to help prevent it, but I don't know the best approach, because most people will do it anyway. They will just have to face the consiquences when they are old.

    • True, we haven't been able to see the long-term effects yet. 

  • I think it is hard to compare vaping and smoking. E-cigarettes have not even been around long enough for us to really know the full effects of vaping on one’s health. I think vape companies know e-cigarettes are more popular amongst a younger audience and take advantage of that with their advertising methods. I think it would be beneficial if vaping and e-cigarettes were banned.

    • Yes, that makes sense we do not know enough information about vaping. 

  • I think that vaping is worse the smoking because there is more harmful things in them. I also think that they are targeting younger kids more so then older people to buy their products. To prevent vaping, I think we need to educate kids and show examples of how bad vaping is for you. 

    • I agree, there are worse things in them. 

  • I think vaping is a different kind of beast than cigarettes. We don't know the long-term effects of vaping, which potentially makes them more dangerous. More teenagers vape than smoke cigarettes, which is also a reason they can be more harmful. It's definitely scary how quickly vaping has caught on among teenagers. I don't agree with the criminalization of drug/substance-abuse, but restrictions on the actual companies manufacturing vapes could help.

    • That worries me too because we don't know what the long-term effects are. 

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