Vaping Persuasive Research Paper

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Kruger Hinckley Mrs. Price ELA 1/2: Argumentative Essay 29 February 2024 Vaping is Harmful According to Crossrivertheripy.com, more than 380,000 middle school students vape in America. The reason for the 380,000 middle school vapers are the many flavors. People should not vape because it is extremely addictive and vaping companies target people under the age of 25 years old. Firstly, it's easier to get addicted to vaping under the age of 25. The brain is still developing until the age of 25. Because the brain is still developing, it's easier for young people to get addicted. Children's brains build synapses quicker than an adult's brain. Because young people learn faster than adults, they become addicted easier and faster. Therefore, vaping is extremely addictive for young adults with developing …show more content…
In 2011, 1% of girls and 2% of boys in middle school and high school vacated. It went up in 2018 to 19% of girls and 23% of boys vaping. This proves that vaping advertising is working. Marketing companies products and packaging appeals to a young audience by using bright colored packaging and fruit and candy flavors. That is why bright colors and flavors attract the youth. Vaping companies are targeting the youth using the same themes and techniques that the tobacco industry uses to target youth. Some people claim vaping can help get over the addiction to cigarettes. That may be true, however, vapes have many more harmful chemicals than cigarettes. Even if vaping helps someone stop smoking cigarettes, the person is now addicted even more to vaping than that person was to cigarettes. Now that person's mental health is even worse. People should not vape because it is addictive and vaping companies target people under the age of 25. Vaping companies spend millions of dollars advertising to young audiences with bright colors and flavors. Vapes should not be the answer and should be illegal to