Teen Vaping

This is a response to Sean Mills’ post about teenvaping. I really liked the points discussed. Sean talks about the impact of teen vaping and he uses numbers to back up his statements. Sean informed us by giving us the name of the harmful chemical causing all these deaths, I would also like to add that this chemical was not only found in tobacco products, it was found in marijuana cartridges as well. This is something amusing to me as vaping products were made for our conveniences but at the price of our health. My first reaction to this post was that I agreed with the government stepping in because it would hold the vaping companies accountable. This would improve the health of the individuals who otherwise would continue to use these products. Although I believe this to be true, I do not think the state government should be allowed to dictate what vaping companies put out on the market, that is the beauty of capitalism. Instead of banning vape products, the government should require these vaping companies to put health warnings like they do with cigarette companies. This would prevent the infringement of the rights of companies and the right to purchase the products of young people. I also believe the legal age should stay at 18 because if a person can vote at that age then he or she should be allowed to consume anything legally allowed to be consumed at the age of 21. Regardless of the health issues vaping brings, if a person is an adult then he or she should be able to make the choice to consume these products.