Tell your "friend" the only vaping will be from their 4th point of contact.... If vaping is really a consideration, USMA and a career as an Army Officer may not be a good fit.
From a larger perspective, it looks like the FDA is taking active steps against the growing trend of nicotine addiction with these e-cigarettes, of which Juul has the market share. Though Juul markets its devices as an interim measure for tobacco product addicts to get their nicotine hit from a direct chemical mixture, rather than a cigarette or other tobacco product, the fact that it is marketed with fruit flavors and other flavors (bubblegum!) is a dead giveaway for the teen market intent. The nicotine is several times more concentrated, from what research I have done, and the other chemical additives are not considered healthful for a developing brain. There hasn’t been enough time to assess long-term damage of inhaling nicotine and other chemicals in this form.
It’s taken a long time for this country to kick a nicotine addiction, and now it’s started all over again.
Human beings, the things we do to our bodies, for reasons I cannot fathom.
the fact that it is marketed with fruit flavors and other flavors (bubblegum!) is a dead giveaway for the teen market intent.
I told my ds that between dentist and orthodontia we’ve spent about $10,000 on that spectacular smile of his. He’s an an adult. He’s in the army. I told him that I hoped he wouldn’t use tobacco as he’s seen the effects of the addiction, but ultimately I know I cannot stop him. But if he does it he owes me $10,000 dollars. He should actually pay more considering the time I spent sitting in that orthodontist waiting room. I am not kidding. I’ll tolerate the occasional cigar but dipping vaping or cigarettes and I want my money back.
Uh....Can someone explain how vaping would harm his teeth or smile? It's a nicotine delivery system.
Uh....Can someone explain why this thread didn't end after the first response? This forum takes such delight in it's "best and brightest and most athletic" adolescent leaders while engaging in some sort of rationalization of vaping and dipping.
Does anyone believe the manufacturers care anymore about the contents of the pods than R. J. Reynolds ever cared about the contents of their cigarettes or Skoal and their "smokeless tobacco?"
I told my ds that between dentist and orthodontia we’ve spent about $10,000 on that spectacular smile of his. He’s an an adult. He’s in the army. I told him that I hoped he wouldn’t use tobacco as he’s seen the effects of the addiction, but ultimately I know I cannot stop him. But if he does it he owes me $10,000 dollars. He should actually pay more considering the time I spent sitting in that orthodontist waiting room. I am not kidding. I’ll tolerate the occasional cigar but dipping vaping or cigarettes and I want my money back.
Uh....Can someone explain how vaping would harm his teeth or smile? It's a nicotine delivery system.[/QUOTE
Son, is that you?
You’re going to have a hard time finding a dentist or medical professional that will say nicotine isn’t harmful to every system in your body, including your teeth and gums. When my oldest was in high school hookah was a big thing. Tobacco companies have to keep reinventing their junk to suck in new addicts. And there was a lot of discussion about how hookah was better for you than cigarettes.
https://www.deltadentalwa.com/blog/entry/2018/06/ecigarettes-vaping-dental-health
the fact that it is marketed with fruit flavors and other flavors (bubblegum!) is a dead giveaway for the teen market intent.
This is not the case. I do not use or suggest the use of this product because I think it is destructive. However, the flavors were meant to make the Juul more attractive to the existing adult smoker than a regular cigarette and has been successful in taking many adults off of cigarettes. Nobody can say that the use of a Juul is more harmful than smoking cigarettes with a straight face and there is no $1Bn revenue corporation on the planet that desires to sell prohibited products to children.
I think the introduction of teens/young adults who did not previously smoke cigarettes into this market was an unintended consequence of how good the product design is and loose regulations. Obviously the company and the FDA along with state/local governments have caught onto this, and it will surely be remedied quickly.