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    Holstege 1

    Jodi Holstege

    Miss Schimmel

    Senior Writing

    9/14/20

    It is said that almost three million or twenty percent of teens vape while still in

    highschool. More than half of teenagers who vape say they do it because they like the taste and

    it is fun. Vaping is becoming a huge problem in our society. We need to find a way to stop

    young teens from damaging their lungs and wrecking their health by upping pricing and banning

    teenagers from buying.

    First off we need to understand what vaping really is. Vaping is the act of inhaling and

    exhaling vapor that contains nicotine created by an e-cigarette or other device. Some teens

    think that all they are inhaling is flavored water, but in reality they are inhaling toxic and highly

    addictive nicotine along with many other harmful chemicals. ​Unlike the smoke that is exhaled

    from your mouth, vapes don’t seem to be disappearing.

    Inhaling nicotine and vapor can be damaging to all kinds of areas in the body. It can be

    harmful to the developing brain of a teenager. It slowly deteriorates the part of the brain that

    works with learning and concentration. Vaping also irritates the lungs and increases your heart

    rate. ​Vaping is like setting your body on fire. It starts off slow, affecting only certain spots of the

    body, but then overtime it consumes you and spreads too fast for you to be able to put it out.

    The reason most teenagers vape is because they want to fit in and be cool. ​Hangout, chill, and

    vape. ​This is a thing that most teenagers say and live by.

    Since vaping is becoming a major problem in the lives of many young people, how can

    we fix it? One way we can attempt to fix the problem is up the pricing on vapes, juuls, and

    e-cigarettes because most teens feel more sensitive to high prices. An average vape will cost
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    around twenty-five to thirty dollars, so instead the price should at least be doubled if we want to

    make a change. Most teens know if something is priced at a ridiculous price that they shouldn’t

    buy it because it’s just common sense.

    Raising the price of a vape may not be enough. We may need to start limiting nicotine

    marketing. We need to ban young teens from being able to buy vapes from off the streets or in a

    vape store. The more we enforce a rule and make teenagers know that there are consequences

    for their actions, the more they will stop buying vapes. Although some teenagers may seem to

    be rebellious, most teens won’t go as far as breaking the law to get what they want.

    Teenagers are becoming more and more susceptible to falling into what society would

    like them to do, but little do they know how harmful something like vaping can be. They don’t

    understand how it is damaging their lungs, heart, and brain. To fix this problem we need to raise

    the price of vapes to an excessive amount and also start limiting nicotine marketing. If you see

    someone who has a vaping problem, be the powerful influence and help them stop.
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    Works Cited

    “E-Cigarette Use Spikes Among High School Students – Partnership News Service from the
    Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.” ​Partnership to End Addiction | Where Families Find
    Answers​,
    drugfree.org/drug-and-alcohol-news/e-cigarette-use-spikes-among-high-school-students/
    .

    “How to Keep Kids and Teens from Smoking and Vaping.” ​Www.heart.org​,
    www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking-tobacco/how-to-keep-kids-
    and-teens-from-smoking-and-vaping.

    “The 101 on e-Cigarettes Infographic.” ​Www.heart.org​,


    www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking-tobacco/the-101-on-e-ciga
    rettes-infographic.

    Troy Moritz, DO. “Vaping: It's All Smoke and Mirrors.” ​American Lung Association,​
    www.lung.org/blog/vaping-smoke-and-mirrors.

    “Vaping: What You Need to Know (for Teens) - Nemours KidsHealth.” Edited by Lonna P.
    Gordon, ​KidsHealth​, The Nemours Foundation, Sept. 2019,
    kidshealth.org/en/teens/e-cigarettes.html.

    “What Is Vaping?” ​Escape the Vape,​ 21 Nov. 2018, escapethevape.org/about/.


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