Vapes should be banned

By Demetrius W.

As many students, parents, and teachers know, vaping is a major problem among teenagers, not just at AHS but worldwide. Some people think vapes are good for you, they think that if you use a vape all your problems will go away and there will be no more stress or they also think that it is a better, safer alternative for cigarettest. Others think that vapes should only be allowed for people 21 and older because they are adults. I think that vapes should be banned and schools should have scanners to see if there are vapes in peoples pockets or wallets or jackets etc. 

First of all, vapes are terrible for your health and should be banned for that reason: to protect teenagers.  To elaborate, vapes cause your lungs to have lung damage, vaping can make the symptoms of black lung disease worse. With tobacco, we have six decades of rigorous studies to show which of the 7,000 chemicals inhaled during smoking impact the lungs. According to Hopkins Medicine we simply don't know the short- or long term effects yet and whether  e-cigarette components are to blame or the nicotine. Basically, it is better not to risk it when it comes to the health damages associated with vaping. To add, people who both smoke cigarettes and use electronic cigarettes--e-cigarettes, e-cigs or vapes--(according to Cancer.org) are four times more likely to develop lung cancer than people who only smoke cigarettes, new research finds.

Secondly, vapes should be banned because they are anything but cool. Vapes look dumb, like you have no common sense and can’t use above peer pressure and influencers. You look like a dragon blowing smoke. You look like a chump, like someone who got duped into buying a product that is clearly harmful for you, like someone who got addicted and can't control it.

Lastly, vapes have tons more nicotine than cigarettes and therefore make you look and sound sick. The kids who vape sound sick and look very pale. 1 vape is 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine. That is terrifying how much poison you are putting into your body.

Some people who have the opposite opinion might say that vapes help take away your problems and help with stress or diet. But when you end up getting cancer or other health problems later in life, that’s when the REAL stress will start. So you are causing more stress in the long run and being short-sighted about your addiction.

In conclusion, if you're dealing with problems or have a lot of stress you can go see a therapist or clear your mind on the bad things and think about the good things that are going to happen in the future