Opinions on underage people who have never smoked but vape?

[melitor-sandds]

I'm 20 years old and 1 year ago when I was in high school, I saw many people of all ages using electronic cigarettes. At the time I smoked analogs and got into vaping after high school.
I ponder on how teenagers are able to get their hands on e cigs.
Any opinions on this?

 

[Kr3wsk8er]

Too many are doing it along with doing drugs, drinking alcohol, partaking in sexual behavior. Young kids, as well as minors/adolescents throughout history have partaking in things that were deemed for "adults". IMO it gives all the naysayers of vaping another reason to restrict and ban our e-cig industry. Again IMO it relies on parent responsibility to educate and restrict their kids from doing .... they shouldn't be. Now with that being said, too many parents are ignorant themselves and never want to believe that their little angel would ever partake in anything "bad". But that just comes with a our society.

 

[^Top-Shelf^]

Same way they get cigs, alcohol, and many other things. Where there's a will there's a way

 

[ScandaLeX]

I'm 20 years old and 1 year ago when I was in high school, I saw many people of all ages using electronic cigarettes. At the time I smoked analogs and got into vaping after high school.
I ponder on how teenagers are able to get their hands on e cigs.
Any opinions on this?

I imagine no differently than they're able to get alcohol.
It's my opinion all the restrictions in the world are not going to stop teens from getting what they want.

 

[JaxMike]

LOL, you're a lot closer to it than most of us, being just a year out of high school. How did your friends get hold of contraband?

I'm guessing .... Parents give it up because they want to be 'friends.' Stores sell it because they want to make money. If none of the above, kids steal it.

Teens have always smoked, drank, done drugs, etc, etc. I guess I'd rather they vape than smoke.

 

[Kr3wsk8er]

^ agreed, prohibition didn't work, the war on drugs doesn't work, we have laws against illegal immigrants entering this country, murder, robbery anything you can imagine and here is the kicker... People still do it. What a huge shocker.

 

[Vlad1]

Seems if they want something bad enough whether due to peer pressure or just curiosity / experimentation they will get their hands on it. I agree there should be an age restriction on nicotine but it may just make it more enticing.

 

[melitor-sandds]

LOL, you're a lot closer to it than most of us, being just a year out of high school. How did your friends get hold of contraband?

I'm guessing .... Parents give it up because they want to be 'friends.' Stores sell it because they want to make money. If none of the above, kids steal it.

Teens have always smoked, drank, done drugs, etc, etc. I guess I'd rather they vape than smoke.

I've talked to lower class men who had friends that used an e cig. They say the kids either paid the clerk more money or they got an older friend to get one.
It saddens me. Restrictions are going to kill the business and tobacco companies aren't happy of their decreasing profits which makes it even worse.

 

[melitor-sandds]

Let me add that most of these suckers have never smoked an actual cigarette in their life!

 

[JaxMike]

I think that in most states it's not even illegal to sell ecigs to minors... right? (correct me if I'm wrong)

 

[cjxxvi]

They do stuff that is for adults. they can easily get that like when they are getting alcohol.

 

[melitor-sandds]

I think that in most states it's not even illegal to sell ecigs to minors... right? (correct me if I'm wrong)

I live in California and I'm pretty sure sales to minors are illegal.

 

[Kr3wsk8er]

I think that in most states it's not even illegal to sell ecigs to minors... right? (correct me if I'm wrong)

Incorrect E-Cig State Laws: Current and Pending LegislationLicense To Vape

 

[melitor-sandds]

I'm guessing that they get them via vendors online.
There isn't much age verification and getting pre paid cards these days is as simple as getting a burger at McDonalds. Lol

 

[cjxxvi]

+1 to ^. online vendors.

 

[JaxMike]

Let me add that most of these suckers have never smoked an actual cigarette in their life!

I don't know... this comment seems to paint a picture that if it weren't for e cigs, these kids would be living a life of purity and celibacy. Somehow I doubt that.

 

[JaxMike]

Incorrect E-Cig State Laws: Current and Pending LegislationLicense To Vape

Thanks for the link. Looks like about half the states currently ban sales to minors. I'm sure the other half will come on board soon, as they should.

 

[melitor-sandds]

I don't know... this comment seems to paint a picture that if it weren't for e cigs, these kids would be living a life of purity and celibacy. Somehow I doubt that.

This I agree with and is what Kr3wsk8ter explained. But a lot of them do it for the "fun" factor, if any.

 

[melitor-sandds]

Here is what I'm puzzled about. Why shouldn't e cigarettes be treated the same as alcohol and analogs instead of banning them completely.
I'm pretty sure alcohol and analogs are used as frequently amount teenagers as e cigs.
This is where the money-hungry alcohol and tobacco companies come into play.(Mostly Tobacco)

 

[bpopken]

because they're unregulated and in many places not illegal to sell to minors