Raising Vaping Age May Increase Teen Smoking

[5150sick]

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/140501/20160312/raising-vaping-age-may-increase-teen-smoking.htm


"The results show that there was indeed a rise of 11.7 percent in teen cigarette smoking use after the state imposed age-restrictions on vaping.

Such finding may mean that e-cigarettes may serve as an alternative to traditional cigarettes among teenagers. For example, adolescents who live in a state without age restrictions on vaping are more likely to quit tobacco smoking than those who live in states where they cannot buy these electronic devices."

 

[OBDave]

Interesting conundrum - while the results make sense, I'm thinking it's going to be hard to get anyone on board with a plan to legalize selling vapes to kids. Instead, I predict that as vapes become more widespread it'll be just as easy for kids to get their hands on a black market mod as a black market pack of smokes, at which point the pendulum may start to swing the other way.