As grandparents, we are very disappointed in Sean’s decision to endorse Juul vaping, especially after his acknowledgement that both his parents were smokers. We just received this bulletin from our local police department and just request that Sean read it, and perhaps reconsider endorsing what is tantamount to nicotine addiction in our children and grandchildren:
It’s just an e-cig. We’re just vaping. It’s not like it’s a cigarette.
Vaping is the hottest new ticket. Everyone’s doing it. The problem is, the fastest growing segment of users are in middle school. This hot new trend is creating nicotine addicts, starting at age 13…
The numbers of seized e-cigs has gone through the roof - nationwide. This is the start of what can be a life long addiction.
“The percentage of teenagers who have tried e-cigarettes almost quadrupled over just four years, from 5% in 2011 to 19% in 2015. Three million U.S. students in middle school and high school tried e-cigarettes in 2015, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey. And, 1 in 5 middle schoolers who said they had tried e-cigarettes also said they had never smoked conventional cigarettes” - http://www.center4research.org/vaping-safer-smoking-cigare…/
If you haven’t had a talk with your young children about vaping, now might be the time…