With the
amount of tobacco decreasing, teens and young adults tend to choose
E-cigarettes and Vaping. This will be a discussion about the epidemic, and look
into why it is so addictive and why so many people chose this. We will also
look into the effects and what doctors have to say about the epidemic, as well
as the different types. We are also going to look into the nicotine addiction
that vaping and other forms of e-cigarettes causes and comparison to
traditional smoking. This paper will discuss the social effects, and show some
examples of the vaping and e-cigarette epidemic. Underage smoking and
purchasing of the vape products can put teens in the same boat for underage
illegal activities like alcohol and drug use. Also in this paper, the solutions
and history of vaping will be explained as well. The examples that will be
explained in this paper will also be beneficial because they can give parents a
idea of what to look for in their children’s behaviors.
History
Vaping is a
trend that people and young adults have used in place of traditional smoking
that has been around for years. Smoking was popular among adolescents in the early 20th century. Until
1880, traditional smoking were rolled by
hand, but in 1881, a man named James Albert Bonsack created a cigarette rolling
machine to make it easier and quicker to make cigarettes.(stein) However, now
with all of the harmful effects of traditional smoking, people have turned to
vaping and e-cigarettes. This includes older people who may have smoked for a lifetime,
or younger adults and teens who did not smoke before all of the harmful cancer
causing effects were found about smoking. The true history of vaping is that it
has been around for thousands of years. Vaping was first introduced in ancient
times by crushing up herbs and spices in a pot using hot stones. Then in the
early 1900’s, the idea of an e-cigarette was invented by a man named Joseph
Robinson. The idea really never become
known, until 1963 when the people of the United States burned a record of 523
billion cigarettes, Herbert Gilbert came up with an alternative to smoking by
making an e-cigarette, which at first was made by using a liquid in a metal
tube in the shape of a cigarette and burning the liquid by a battery. This was
an important event, because in 1964 the surgeon general came up with a machine
(smithsonian).
Effects on Society
The effects on society from vaping
and e-cigarettes are first of all, being out in public and people vaping and
using the products that can annoy or harm other people, or just cause an
annoyance to people in public. Another effect is the nicotine that can be in
the juice that goes inside the vape or e-cigarette. Also,just like the health
risk associated with smoking, and that of second hand smoke, can be associated
with vaping as well; this is because in vaping with the vapor being inhaled
into lungs is not good even if it does not have nicotine in it and is just
fruit or sweet flavored. Going on from that, for instance with the whole vaping
in public, imagine walking at the outlets or walkingand like the health risk
associated with smoking first hand and not only that of second hand smoke and
that can be associated in vaping as well because in vaping with the vapor being
inhaled into the lungs that is not good even if it does not have nicotine in it
and just fruit or sweet flavor. Going on from that, for instance with the whole
vaping in public imagine walking at the outlets or walking downtown and
something vaping and blowing a cloud of smoke right into your face and you have
to smell whatever the scent of the juice is and it gets downtown and someone vaping and blowing a
cloud of smoke right into your face and you have to smell whatever the scent of
the juice and it gets frustrating. Vaping can also be costl, because the parts
can be expensive for the vapes. Another effect on society is if a teen is
rebelling against their parents, vaping may lead to doing other drugs or
drinking alcohol, which can have similar or worse effects. This can also affect
students and their performance in school, and later on in life in jobs have a
effect. frustrating. Vaping can be
costly because the parts can be
expensive for the vapes. Another effect on society is if someone is rebelling
against their parents, they may also do drugs or drink alcohol underage which
can have similar or worse effects on the students and their performance in
school and later on in life in jobs have a effect.
Examples
One example
of vaping is in high school like with the crack down on kids getting caught
with vapes or vaping. There have also been instances in which people have sold
vapes to underage kids because of the age requirement attached to vapes and
e-cigarettes. One thing with vapes is people make a lot of money with vapes and
can do cool tricks with vapes and that can be why young people who do not want
to smoke cigarettes but can get vapes and use that to be cool. No one likes
walking down the street and walking through a cloud of smoke. This
visualization is important because of our senses seeing that image of the smoke
could make a connection between someone who has dealt with this issue and does
not know how to express it. These examples are important because they are in
everyday use in public areas and vaping also has less regulation like with
traditional smoking you can not smoke in certain areas because the smell and
smoke, but with vaping there is no bad smell just sweet smells sometimes and
also not a lot of smoke which people can vape in public secretly
Solutions
Some solutions to vaping are schools
being more stern about their rules on vaping in school and also them not
allowing kids to bring them to school or having designated areas. For solutions
educating others on vaping like the parents of the kids vaping and also the
students either vape themself or also friends or fellow classmates who are
around the students maybe when they are vaping.
An other could be more actions from the government and also the school
districts with restrictions and discipline of the kids smoking or vaping in
public schools. With the school districts and government stepping forward, they
can possibly help the school districts have classes that are maybe 15 to 30
minutes every month explaining the effects of vaping and e-cigarettes and its
harm to the people consuming it.
Additionally, also the addiction to the nicotine or feeling it may give
the user. This can be the same in underage drinking because they both are not
regulated as much like traditional smoking is with all the rules that are in
place with smoking in public and the regulations for underage. Additionally,
the laws for smoking are also upheld whereas vaping and underage drinking are
not really upheld and become more lenient
By bringing
awareness of the negative effects on vaping would be an important step into
helping its users become more educated on the issues. Negative effects include addition and
underage usage. Addiction with vape usage is similar to traditional tobacco, in
which nicotine is present in the product. People tend to underestimate the
effects of vaping and think that it is better than smoking yet it can have the
same effects and amount of nicotine that traditional smoking does. Often people
tend to start vaping to try to get away from traditional smoking and even some
people have the misconception that vaping is not as bad or maybe even good but
studies show that vaping can contain the same amount of nicotine found also in
cigarettes. This is misunderstanding and can be solved or helped by
professionals coming into schools to teach and inform parents, students, and
also teachers. This can help in that that they can be informed and also know
the effects of vaping.
Another
solution is educating others such as parent and students themselves of the
effects and signs to look out for. This is not only for the students and
parents, but also teachers who may not have a lot of experience with vaping and
may not know how to deal with it. The classes that could be offered to help
would also be a helpful to inform administratives on what to do if someone gets
caught vaping and also know how to treat it in the case of something going
wrong with the kid because of the stuff they are putting in their body. In
schools with the potential meetings, they could also invite and bring in
medical professionals in order to prove an argument and also give statistics to
help the audience visualize the epidemic and effect on people.
With all
these solution ideas, administrators and parents and the government need to be
aware that if they completely ban vaping and it can be used for other underage
activities like traditional smoking, drinking underage, and also drug use. If
you completely take away something then people will rebel and start smoking or
doing those other activities underground or in secret because of fear that they
will get caught because now it could be illegal and punishable. This also comes
into another possible solution and that is to deal with now since someone bans
it and people still want to do it, they will find a way to do it in secret and
that creates a issue because they could act out or even break rules while
vaping or underage drinking. It would
not be ideal to completely ban this but it would be beneficial to limit the
areas in which people vape like with school not allowing people to vape in
school building but possibly outside the school in a area in which not a lot of
people walk in because of the clouds created from vapes. They should be more
strict with rules about where people sleep.
Absurdity
Camus talks
about how death and also talks about the 40s and vaping was first created
around that time. This was absurd because in that time that he was talking
about his story was the same time that the vaping and smoking were taking
place. Canus as we learned in class was a french philosopher and also how he
was a advocate about freedom and this ties into the topic of the epidemic about
vaping because it shows how even if us as teenagers and adults should have
freedom to learn from the negatives in our lives and do new things, we should
use caution to navigate it. Camus devoted his life to being a philosopher and
this show how we are supposed to
Conclusion
In
conclusion, vaping is a true epidemic because it has become both a huge money
making industry and also a substitute for traditional smoking. People have
turned away from smoking because of all the research of how bad it is for you
but vaping is a newer concept so people do not know about the long term effects
of e-cigs and vapes. The people are often misinformed because they have seen
that people claim that vaping is good and not a risk and have been fed the
false information about vaping. Also, many think that the nicotine is less in
vaping than it is in smoking and that is not true. The information covered in this paper like the
history, background,examples, solutions and also concluding this paper,
hopefully people have a new understanding about vaping. When the paper talks
about the information that could parents could learn during the meetings would
be beneficial.
Work Cited
Stein, Rob. “Surgeon General Warns Youth Vaping Is Now An
'Epidemic'.” NPR, NPR, 18 Dec. 2018, www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/18/677755266/surgeon-general-warns-youth-vaping-is-now-an-epidemic.
White, April. “Plans for the First E-Cigarette Went Up in
Smoke 50 Years Ago.” Smithsonian.com,
Smithsonian Institution, 1 Dec. 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/plans-for-first-e-cigarette-went-up-in-smoke-50-years-ago-180970730/.
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