Even though e-cigarettes are better than smoking an actual cigarette, they are considered a new major public health concern in the United States. E-cigarette use among teenagers has tripled since 2013, and the number of teens smoking tobacco products is increasing. E-cigarettes legal age to purchase them should be pushed back to the legal age of buying alcohol. The legal age to use e-cigarettes should be 21 because they act as a gateway to smoking cigarettes, they are damaging the lungs of the users, and they are damaging the brains of the users. They can encourage teens to pick up bad habit, such as rebelliousness acts and wanting lack of parental support.
First, e-cigarettes are a new major public health concern in the United States because they can act as a gateway to smoking cigarettes. BMJ did a study on the amount of kids that did vape e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes. They did a follow up on those same kids a year later to see if vaping could eventually lead to kids smoking traditional …show more content…
E-cigarettes including nicotine are very easy to get addicted to for teens. At such a young age their brain is still developing and is easily attached to anything addictive. "’Seeing this uptick in the number of kids using these tobacco products in just one year--is deeply alarming,’ said Frieden, adding that memory and attention deficits have been linked to smoking during adolescence.” Smoking 30 minutes a day of e-cigarettes can cause a huge increase in the risk for cardiovascular disease. The nicotine has a very negative impact on adolescent brain development. It can make you have behavioral impairments, including effects on working memory and attention. Moving the legal age to use e-cigarettes to 21, could help kids realize how much this device is harming their brain and could lead to an earlier
First, e-cigarettes are a new major public health concern in the United States because they can act as a gateway to smoking cigarettes. BMJ did a study on the amount of kids that did vape e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes. They did a follow up on those same kids a year later to see if vaping could eventually lead to kids smoking traditional …show more content…
E-cigarettes including nicotine are very easy to get addicted to for teens. At such a young age their brain is still developing and is easily attached to anything addictive. "’Seeing this uptick in the number of kids using these tobacco products in just one year--is deeply alarming,’ said Frieden, adding that memory and attention deficits have been linked to smoking during adolescence.” Smoking 30 minutes a day of e-cigarettes can cause a huge increase in the risk for cardiovascular disease. The nicotine has a very negative impact on adolescent brain development. It can make you have behavioral impairments, including effects on working memory and attention. Moving the legal age to use e-cigarettes to 21, could help kids realize how much this device is harming their brain and could lead to an earlier