Potential Dangers of Teenage Vaping

Teenage Vaping

The word “Vaping” was literally an unknown phenomenon for parents a couple of years ago. The rapidly trending act of vaping refers to the usage of an e-cigarette or vaporizer. For parents who are still struggling with “what this act actually is”, it is a smoking alternative in which the vapers (users of vaporizers or e-cigs) drag vapor from an electronic cigarette that contains a flavored nicotine liquid called e-liquid, e-juice, and vape juice. These liquids come in a variety of different flavors that make the process of vaping popular among the teenagers.

Why is Vaping so Popular?

Vaping is rapidly trending among teenagers these days and Bloomberg Business Week claims that the sales of e-cigs and other related products will hit an astonishing figure of £2 billion this year, twice as much as compared to the last year. E-cigs and vaporizers do not offer the harmful ingredients that regular cigarettes do while fulfilling the nicotine dependency of smokers who have switched to vaping after letting go of smoking. You get an exciting flavor, you get to blow giant smoke rings and you’re working up your nicotine craving, one can imagine why this industry is growing at such an unbelievable rate.

The reason why e-cigarettes are becoming so popular among the youth and other age groups is its marketing that claims it to be a safe alternative to combustible tobacco given an endorsement by a lot of famous celebrities who could be seen along with their vaporizers at the Golden Globe Awards. If you’re not living in one of those cities that have banned indoor vaping in public areas then you can vape wherever you want and whenever you want.

Another factor that contributes to the popularity of vaping among teenagers is the availability of different vaping products like E-pens, E-Hookahs, Hookah pens and vape pens that look like high-tech gadgets and are charged like ones too and also feature iPod look-alike lights and colors that make these devices look really appealing. When these cool gadgets team-up with a variety of different exciting flavors like custard, chocolate, mint, bubble gum and about 7,400 more options then you get a recipe for one of the fastest growing consumer market.

Regulation

Research is being carried on the effects of vaping on human health and there haven’t been any clear results that have been brought into light that might indicate that whether or not these products should be regulated or not. Teenagers can purchase a disposable e-cigarette online that offers 800 puffs only to be used once battery that doesn’t have to be charged. There are a lot of unregistered suppliers on the internet who sell these products and because these products are unregulated, they don’t have to bother printing the ingredients on the product. Unless it’s a verified supplier that you’re purchasing from, there is no other way to find out if the product that you’re using is nicotine-free or not.

What Should Parents Do?

As a concerned parent, the only viable option that you have is to talk to your adolescent kid about the harmful effect of vaping and how the nicotine addiction can damage his/her mental and physical growth. At this point, because of the lack of authentic evidence that you might use to scare your children, all you can do is to prevent them to vape before their legal age. If your kids don’t know about the nicotine free vaping option then tell them about the adverse side-effects that nicotine offers and how difficult it is to get off an addiction like that. We spoke to the owner of Simplyeliquid.co.uk and he advised that there is no way they would sell to an underage buyer in any circumstances, and that if they are suspicious of any buyers they do not send out the product.

You don’t have to leave your kids in the hands of corporate marketing agencies and celebrities who get paid a lot of money for endorsing these products. Explain to your kids how the marketing of these products is a trickery used for attracting immature minds.

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