![]() This past April, the FDA took action against 40 retailers for violations relating to sales of the Juul to minors. The FDA, which up until 2016 did not even regulate vaping devices, has done their best to make up for a lost time. The imposition of these age limits is just one part of a broader pushback against e-cigarettes in general. They are lobbying state legislators to either increase the legal age to buy tobacco products (like the Juul) to twenty-one or enact even more stringent vaping regulations. Teenage ignorance about the health risks associated with vaping is why many parents, school officials, and medical experts feel the need to intervene. Vaping for reasons other than a means to quit smoking can often lead people to take up cigarettes at a higher rate than people who didn’t start vaping first. Part of the issue is that young people take up vaping when they weren’t already smokers. One Juul pod contains as much as 0.7 mL of liquid nicotine or the same amount as a pack of cigarettes. Young people are “juuling” in school, at home, and on social media.īut, to the surprise of no one, many adolescent “juulers” are shockingly unaware of how much nicotine they are putting into their bodies. The Juul is a portable, hand-held e-cigarette that vaporizes flavored e-liquid contained in “pods.”įor reasons as varied as its portability, attractiveness, and newness, the Juul has fast become a popular pastime among teenagers. But the technology has inadvertently drawn in an unexpected demographic.Īccording to the CDC, “e-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product by American youth.”This trend has troubled many, given the addictiveness of nicotine and its potential to affect the development of the adolescent brain adversely.įears about teenage nicotine addiction have crystallized around one particular vaping device, the e-cigarette known as the Juul. The Problem of E-Cigarettes Diego Cervo/ShutterstockĮ-cigarettes were created for easier nicotine consumption and their use intended solely for adult smokers. Kids will end up taking on their parents’ habits no matter what they are. One thing is certain, if parents want their kids to not take up vaping, then parents that vape needs to stop or be more discreet about it. Experts in the field have come out both for and against the age restrictions, further confounding what should (or should not) be done about e-cigarettes and what impact they have on society as a whole. ![]() ![]() The gray area is whether the vaping age should only apply to nicotine-based vape juices and the aforementioned 0 nicotine ones should be allowed.Įven the imposition of age limits to buy e-cigarettes has divided many. Since chronic exposure to nicotine can have lasting effects on the brain, it stands to reason that young adults should avoid nicotine. While one side argues for the potential utility of e-cigarettes to help adult smokers, the other rails against the possibility of e-cigs addicting a new generation to nicotine. The lack of consensus on what e-cigarettes represent - an alternative to bad habits or public health disaster - has led to the uneven adoption of vaping laws. Public health officials, medical experts, and legislators are all of a different mind regarding the safety of e-cigarettes and even zero nicotine e-liquids. The change in tobacco purchasing laws in these states has also raised the legal age of vaping, given that e-cigarettes present a particularly vexing problem for lawmakers. ![]() Have all followed suit by raising their age limits to 21.Īnyone over the age of 19 can legally buy and possess a vaping device or accessory, like e-liquid.ġ8 is the legal purchasing age in most other states. Sales, distribution of vaping devices are forbidden for an underage person. In 2016 the state raised the age limit to purchase any “tobacco product”(covers both conventional cigarettes, as well as e-cigarettes) to 21. Data compiled by the Public Health Law Center at Northeastern University provides a clearer picture of e-cigarette laws by state. The exact age to legally purchase vapor products varies from state to state.
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