With the entrance of electronic cigarette in the market it
always has been an issue of debate. Ever since the existence of electronic
cigarette in the US market it has been facing controversies. The latest one
getting attached to it is that the per cent of teenager’s vaping e cigarette
has almost doubled. One of the study shows that e cigarettes usage among middle
and high school students has increased over the last year. It has almost doubled
the previous year. This increase in the number of minor vaping smokeless
cigarettes has increased the concern of the lawmakers are they are now
planning to call FDA to take some serious action.
What this means is that the current steps that are laid down
are not safeguarding the rights of the minors. From where, children are purchasing
them? It cannot be online as one needs a debit or a credit card in order to make
a purchase and as per my knowledge,
no bank in the world provides debit or credit card to a minor. So, whom to
blame now??? Retailers!!! Yeah the retailers are the real culprit for it. The e
cigarette retail shops that are opened in the near my mall or market are the
ones that sold electronic cigarette to minors.
If the state government enforces tight laws against the
buying and selling of the electronic cigarette and its related products then
certainly we can safe guard the rights of children. We cannot blame the FDA or
the electronic cigarette manufacturer for it. Almost every online website of electronic
cigarette like Green
Smoke has prohibited that these are only meant for adults and that they
are not for minors. The brands do their best to safe exposure of electronic
cigarettes to minors. I think citizens and parents should be more careful in
order to stop the teenagers using it.
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