Vaping has been in the spotlight these past few weeks, with certain scandals and legislative proposals ensuring that vaping products are being discussed almost everywhere one turns. Despite the focus on some recent deaths caused by illicit vaping products, however, not enough attention is being paid to the myriad of ways that vaping is bad for teenagers.
Why is vaping so bad for teenagers, anyway, and what’s causing youngsters around the nation to adopt vaping products with eager gusto? Here’s a breakdown of recent vape-related news, and why teenagers should be cautious about consuming vaping products of any sort.
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Vaping Was Intended As An Alternative To Smoking
More than anything else, vaping was intended as an alternative to smoking. When companies forayed into the vaporizer market for the first time, they had little to no intention of getting people hooked on vape products – at the time, and they saw no profits in that.
For the most part, vape products were meant to alleviate the stress that regular tobacco users experience when they attempt to quit smoking for good. Vaping products were a stepping stone, then a middle passage between smoking harmful tobacco and refusing to smoke anything at all. In the time since, however, things have changed for the worse.
Vaping is now a hobby and practice in its own right, with literally millions of consumers around the world purchasing vaping products even though they’ve never bought or smoked a tobacco product. This is especially the case amongst teenagers, many of whom have adopted vaping as a popular social trend without ever being interested in cigarettes in the first place.
According to the CDC, for instance, vaping has recently surged to more than 1 in 4 high school students across the United States. It’s easy enough to understand why teenagers love vaping so much. Like cigarettes before them, e-cigarettes are surrounded by pop culture allure and a false sense of coolness, and enjoying prohibited substances that drive their elders crazy has long been a refuge of teenagers in every generation.
Few older adults touch the devices, which makes them even more appealing to youngers, though this youth-specific appeal will doubtlessly fade in time if e-cigarettes remain legal for long. Despite the fact that teenagers love vaping, it could very well be costing them big time when it comes to long-term health effects.
Vaping Isn’t Healthy For You
Many people like to note that vaping is healthier than smoking tobacco, and while this is undoubtedly true, it’s equally important to remember that “being healthier than tobacco” and “being healthy” are two entirely different things. Vaping is simply not healthy for the human body, especially for teenagers who are in an important stage of physical and emotional growth that will impact the remainder of their lives.
Companies like Hot Juice produce vaping products that are intended for an adult audience, so when youngsters rely on these goods, they may be causing severe damage to their lungs and development. As the CDC’s official webpage reminds us, e-cig aerosol can contain volatile organic compounds, cancer-causing chemicals, heavy metals, unhealthy flavoring products, and nicotine.
For those whose brains are still developing in particular, relying on vaping can permanently stunt one’s growth. Parents trying to convince teenagers to ditch the habit may thus find it helpful to remind them that vaping will ensure they never reach a certain height or level of physical fitness they desire.
Why is vaping so bad for teenagers? Besides the apparent fact that vaping is terrible for the health of most humans, it also drives teenagers into a nasty habit that they otherwise don’t need to pick up in the first place. Vaping was intended to help smokers quit tobacco, but these days it’s leading more and more teenagers into unhealthy lifestyles that will mitigate their full potential.
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