Persuasive Essay On Vaping In Schools

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Less than 10 students have been punished for vaping this year in Ashland High School. Vapes, as they are commonly referred to, are E-cigarettes, e-pens, e-pipes, e-hookah and e-cigars; but most commonly e-pens (vaporizers.) According to Assistant Principal Jon Walters, because vaporizers’ smoke is so hard to detect, it is almost impossible to punish every student who uses a vape pen during school. Even with the multiple allegations of students vaping in the cafeteria and restrooms, no punishment can be given to a student unless caught by an eyewitness.
The biggest concern administrators have when it comes to students vaping, is vaporizers affect on students health.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published that many, if not all, vaporizers are full of cardigans, or cancer causing agents, including formaldehyde, benzene and tobacco-specific nitrosamines, which can even be air-born from second hand vaporizer smoke. Even without the presence of nicotine, popcorn lung, an incurable disease, is very likely to occur in the lungs of someone who vapes. …show more content…

Tobacco industries purposefully markets their e-products to children, hoping to increase sale rates, by flavoring there e-products with bubble gum, gummy bears and other snack foods. The company's purposefully made it easy for a child to purchase an e-product online, although they say the legal age to purchase one is 18, according to a March 2015 study published in the Journal of JAMA

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