Tobacco products are commercialized to produce a sense familiarity, innocence, and innovation to engage teens. For example, an image-conscious teen may choose to use a fruit-flavored product regularly, which augments the potential of graduating onto a more complex method of nicotine utilization and dependence in the future. According to Shelly Kiser, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association, “… if they get you young, you’ll be addicted and they’ll get as much money as possible from you.”…
Whereas, using tobacco products is a danger to health and a cause of material annoyance, inconvenience, discomfort, and a health hazard to other persons Resolve that, through the authority of Government Code sec 7597 East Los Angeles College enforce Los Angeles Community College District Smoking/Non-Smoking administrative regulation B-6. Resolve that, if more restrictive policies are adopted a notice of updated policy will be published…
E-cigarettes are a gateway for long term ex smokers or daily smokers which allows them to go back on smoking. A study issued in JAMA Pediatrics, discovered that people at a younger age who are already in the habit of smoking e-cigarettes are highly more anticipated to begin consuming conservative cigarettes within a year’s time likened to aristocracies who do not use e-cigarettes (Primack, Soneji, Stoolmiller, Fine, & Sargent, 2015). This proves that these smokers, in other terms use e-cigarettes as a loophole where they are exposed to higher rates of nicotine, which causes them to relapse back into smoking. Alongside with these, e-cigarettes expose young teenagers to freely buy them online and smoke them whenever they prefer. This is one way to get young teenagers into a dangerous nicotine lifestyle at a young age, because of the fact that e-cigarettes are considered a ‘healthier’ alternate, since study is yet to identify whether e-cigarettes can direct young individuals to attempt other tobacco products because of the potential unknown effects (Primack, Soneji, Stoolmiller, Fine, & Sargent, 2015).…
This is a health issue with great importance as tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disability, death and disease in the United States. (https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/tobacco-use) Through education preventatives over the past 10 years, data shows that the current cigarette smoking rate among adults has drastically decreased by 16.7% in 2013 since 2003. Even amongst adolescents attending grades 9 through 12 in the last 30 days has also seen a decline in an even higher improvement of 28.3% in 2013 since 2003. Even with the decreased statistics tobacco use still remains as a high priority health issue throughout the nation.…
As per Center Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the number of the e-cigarettes users among middle and high school in 2013 has been more than tripled compared to 2011 (CDC, 2014, September 22). Nicotine is an addictive substance in a cigarette and the United States has not yet regulated e-cigarettes. The study of many different brands of e-cigarettes showed different level of nicotine in each of e-cigarettes brand and some brands have higher amount of nicotine compared to tobacco cigarettes. FDA should be more involved in controlling the percentage of nicotine in e-cigarettes. Peer pressure, curiosity, role models, environments, and stressors are the main causes of e-cigarette usage in adolescents (Malhotra, Kakkar, Khan, & Ghosh, 2016).…
Electronic-cigarettes were created to provide an alternative way for people who are addicted to traditional cigarettes, the problem is that instead of making e-cigarettes a medical tool to help people who are addicted, it has become a toy for the younger generation. Sorrowfully, a toddler from New York died because the child ingested the liquid nicotine that is attached to e-cigarettes. The toddler was not smoking, the nicotine, but still passed away because the nicotine poisoned the child when they consumed the flavored liquid. The story isn’t the same for the other younger children because they are actually smoking it. The use of E-cigarettes among middle and high school students have tripled since 2013 to 2014 estimating to around two million…
Logan stated “E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that are designed to resemble traditional cigarettes.” E-cigarettes are so popular now in this generation. Teenagers at the young age get addicted to the nicotine not for the right reasons. These products such as Juuls and vapes are supposed to displace cigarettes and help smokers who want to quit but, they are doing just the opposite.…
Up until the 1930’s scientist and doctors said Cigarettes were considered safe and, it was not until recently, nearly 85 years, later that scientist are truly beginning to understand the long term effects that cigarettes leave on the body. Presently the Center for Disease Control report that cigarettes cause over 480,000 per year. (CDC). In 2006 the government began place stricter and sticker punishments on the Tabaco companies forcing them to sponsor anti-smoking campaigns. To combat that tobacco companies began producing electronic cigarettes and they’ve taken off like wild fire.…
Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes are a bad habit and are dangerous for the user 's health. These cancer causing, teeth yellowing, bad breath causing cigarettes are still used everyday by people all over the world. It used to be cool to smoke and it seemed like everyone did it. Like fashion, smoking cigarettes soon became the thing of the past. People still smoke, but not as much as they used to.…
Unfortunately, the new smoking generation consists of middle school and high school students. Smoking of e-cigarette devices is called “Vaping” by the younger generation and has caught on like wildfire. Vaping distributors are marketing towards this demographic through e-cigarette designs, and refill liquid flavoring. Having the option to customize their vaping device by choosing from their favorite color or character and selecting flavors like skittles or fruit loops which sound safe and delicious, vaping has thrived in this demographic. According to the CDC, the…
We should call upon our state senators to fight against the FDA and support the bill HR 2058 to loosen upcoming extremist-restrictions that prevent the sale or creation of electronic-cigarette related products without the explicit consent and approval from the Food and Drug Administration. I. The Attention Step: A. Attention: I am a product of underage smoking. When I was 13, and living abroad in South America, I picked up my first cigarette. Walking along the old cobblestone road in Posadas, the Parana River to my right, one of the…
E-Cigarettes are arguably safer than standard cigarettes. Whether or not this is true, is up to scientists, doctors, and smokers to decide. Although some may conceive E-Cigarettes as a safer alternative, they must be treated with the same regulation force as standard cigarettes. In 1996, cigarettes began to be regulated by the FDA. This regulation started in hopes of reducing the amount of children who participated in smoking.…
My college campus has students. Some of these students smoke. I don't know much about campus security issues or how hard it would be for security to issue tickets, but I think that they should issue $1 fines to every student they catch throwing cigarette butts on the ground. well, maybe not $1; maybe thats too much but then again maybe bot.…
However, the epoxy resin lining food cans was still a grave concern and widespread problem throughout the United States. A new study done during this time found BPA in several canned fruits, vegetables, and pasta treats consumed by many children. A Harvard study found that volunteers who consumed canned soup daily for five days had a 1,000 percent increase in urinary BPA (Datz, 2011). BPA is found in many foods and drinks ingested by Americans every day.…
Warning labels on cigarette packages are among the most common means of communicating the dangerous health risks of smoking. Smokers are not fully informed about the risks related to smoking. Warnings that are graphic, larger and more comprehensive in content, are more effective in communicating the health risks associated with smoking. By avoiding tobacco products, a person is more likely to remain much healthier and more attractive and will live longer. Tobacco stains the smoker’s teeth, and the smoker’s fingernails and the smoker’s clothes smell bad, because the smoke clings to…