AndriaD
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I'm very torn in this area.. Minors smoke lets face it, that's when we all started... Normally, no one starts smoking in their 20s. So what do we do? allow minors to continue to smoke and get them vaping at 18, or do we give them an alternative? I started when I was 12 years old. Thats 6 full years of getting addicted to smoking before I could legally buy a device. Some would say its up to the parents but most kids wont tell their parents they are smoking. It's a very very strange problem.
On one hand we don't want minors vaping because it looks cool, but on the other we want to get those that are smoking away from it.
Maybe there is some legal middle ground that will happen in the future.
Is it better for them to smoke because it looks cool? Remember, these are kids we're talking about, not people with fully-capable good judgment. WE know it's not cool at all, but to kids...? It's a grownup thing, and therefore, to them, cool. I'd FAR rather see a bunch of goofy teens blowing monster clouds, no matter WHY, than smoking cigarettes for ANY reason. But to know that they're smoking because some self-righteous adult thought that teens shouldn't vape? The very idea makes me SICK.
If they start vaping, maybe they won't ever try smoking. Or if they do ultimately try smoking, maybe they'll think EWWWWWWWWWWW! Because really, the taste of cigarettes compared to the taste of ANY vape??? EWWWWWWWWWW!
I bet I'm not the only one who smoked for 6 months before I could stand the taste of it. Because I was 13, and thought it was "cool." There was no other option then... now there is.
Andria