2017 to 2018, Why the Jump? by Kayla Evers

NEEDED LINK!

kjevers — 2019-02-21 16:00:46 UTC

https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/PublicHealthEducation/ProtectingKidsfromTobacco/ucm405173.htm

Erin Althouse

2019-02-21 18:35:24 UTC

Kids in middle and high school have increased their usage of tobacco products, specifically e-cigarettes (Juul is a popular brand of this), because it has become much easier to get and hide from parents. They are also almost aimed toward kids because they look like a flash drive and have fun flavors. This has become a huge fad and "fun thing to do with friends" because it is seen to be less addictive and harmful than other tobacco products. Punishment for having these things at school should be harsher if authority wants to cut down on the usage or e-cigs in school, because now people are barely punished and it is seen as normal to vape in school.

Aidan Bertone

2019-02-21 18:35:40 UTC

Kids are starting to smoke more in 2018 than 2017, because of E-cigs AKA(Vapes) they use vapes for many reasons, one being the flavor, another reason being the nicotine, and I think the most popular for the clouds/tricks.
The E- cigs are easier to get; and easy to hide. Kids might have better access to cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. this is why kids are smoking more then 2017.
Cites https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/PublicHealthEducation/ProtectingKidsfromTobacco/ucm405173.htm

maha asim

2019-02-21 18:36:11 UTC

students have increased their usage of e-cigarettes in the year of 2018 which makes smoking more in the year of 2018 than 2017. something that can done about this is to reduce the making of new e-cigarettes and not make it easy to sell.

Steven Chavez-Lopez

2019-02-21 18:36:18 UTC

The Reason it has increased over the pass 2 years more and more people have been influenced to do drugs by peer pressure or just do it over and over again to get over the stuff that's happening to them in the real world more people are growing up and turning to drugs for everything.

Elizabeth Hardin

2019-02-21 18:36:21 UTC

Kids are starting to use tobacco products more because of the existence of e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are easier to hide and more convenient to use overall, so teenagers are more likely to start. Teens also reported that other reasons as to why they started using tobacco products were because of influence by friends/family members, and the availability of different flavors. We can prevent the use of tobacco products among teens by educating them on the effects of e-cigarettes, so that kids will know enough about them to hopefully avoid them in the future. We can also make more of an effort to limit the availability of e-cigarettes, so that they will be harder to come across.

Angi M. Baca Cruz

2019-02-21 18:36:23 UTC

Kids are starting to smoke more now than 2017 because some believe that using e-cigarettes are less harmful than other types of tobacco like cigarettes. Something that can be done about this is to smoke less and to know the consequences towards it.

Stephany nynaku

14626011 — 2019-02-21 18:36:34 UTC

Kids are starting to use tobacco more this year compared to past are because of more electronic tabacco products . They feel that the these electronic options are less harmful then traditional cigarettes which leads to them using them more.Also the products have different flavors like mint,candy,a

John S. Sanchez

2019-02-21 18:37:04 UTC

Kids nowadays start to smoke more often because the drug is more accessible and the addiction rate goes up over time. There isint much you can do about this since the rate is so high and lowering it can either take generations or most likely impossible, but to help it even a little, the government can make people caught giveing underage kids drugs jail time at min.

Devan Hendrix

2019-02-21 18:37:36 UTC

Teens start to smoke now more than 2017 because e-cigarettes were used by families and friends, they have availability of “flavors such as candy and fruit cigarettes,and people believe they are less harmful than other cigarettes.

Aaron J. Kopp

2019-02-21 18:37:47 UTC

increased e cigarette use

Elizabeth Montoya-LaPorte

2019-02-21 18:37:47 UTC

Kids are starting to smoke more because of increase access to e-cigarettes. They are rechargeable, portable, and easy the hide making it the perfect way for teen to get an easy hit of nicotine. And when kids start using e-cigarettes more they become more likely to start smoking tobacco. Something that be done to stop the rise in teenage smoking is making e-cigarettes less appealing to kids. Most e-cigarettes sell e-cigarettes in fun colorful flavors that appeal to most kids sweet tooth.

Logan McDowell

2019-02-21 18:37:51 UTC

The reason more kids smoke this year as opposed to the past 2 years is because of outside influence such as someone that they know and are close to does it, or because they think that e-cigarettes are less harmful. The availability of flavors now has further increased the desire to smoke for a lot of kids. I think we can stop the production of e-cigarettes as well as vapes in order to make it impossible, if not nearly impossible for kids to get their hands on them. Another solution could be to expose the dangers of smoking and relate to smokers on a personal level to "scare" them and make them stop.

Ian Steury

2019-02-21 18:37:54 UTC

Because kids think it’s cool this year more than last year especially with juuls and stuff

Macy Lindblom

2019-02-21 18:38:22 UTC

From 2017 to 2018, there has been a large increase in the use of tobacco products by middle and high schoolers. E-cigarettes (juul) have become the most popular among these audiences for these reasons:
1. They have become more widely available to students through friends and family members
2. Many believe that e-cigarettes are a less harmful alternative to other tobacco products
3. E-cigarettes have a variety of flavors available that make them more appealing
To fix this problem, supervising adults need to be more aware of signs of tobacco use and there must be harsher consequences for students caught with tobacco products.

Connor McMaster

2019-02-21 18:38:40 UTC

People begin to see these drugs more often, and they are just becoming more widespread. These drugs are becoming more accessible to students as people find more ways to find drugs in and out of school. And as more people begin to use drugs, all of the people they are connected to begin to see this drug use, and try it out for their self. As this continues to happen, more and more people become exposed to drugs and thus are more likely to. use it too

Lincoln Morgan

2019-02-21 18:38:44 UTC

Teens use of drugs increased in 2018 compared to 2017 due to a mainstreaming and increase of flavors in e-cigarettes. Outside of e-cigarettes, combustible tobacco has remained the same.

Caroline Henry

2019-02-21 18:39:44 UTC

I think kids are starting to smoke more because they have found a way to have access to it through old siblings or friends. Another reason because the e cigarette company is producing more vaping products. This could be solved by putting more penalities on people who have juuls or are caught with one.

Charlie Ruppe

2019-02-21 18:39:58 UTC

Kids see popular figures like music artists normalizing drugs. And they then decide to try it and pressure their friends to try it.

Junior A

2019-02-21 18:40:21 UTC

Kids are starting to smoke because some say they like the way it makes them feel. And to be free from there problems. And to feel cool in front of their friends

Ahmad S

2019-02-21 18:40:44 UTC

Kids are started to smoke more because they like the way it feels.

Selena Sivirian Portillo

2019-02-21 18:40:59 UTC

kids are starting to smoke more now maybe because they get more problems and try to take away their problems. for example like when their family is going through something or other things.

Leah Zahniser

2019-02-21 18:41:57 UTC

Kids are starting to smoke more now because they feel like the electronic options are less harmful and have no consequences. We can make sure the effects of drugs such as e-cigs are clearly reported and that more kids know about them.

Ashley Bediako

2019-02-21 18:42:28 UTC

kids are starting to smoke more than 2017 because they are creating different and unique way to smoke for an example juuls and vape

Fernando Araya-Ramirez

2019-02-21 18:43:33 UTC

Kids are starting

Tamia Hopkins

2019-02-21 18:43:41 UTC

Kids are smoking more now because its more ''cool'' now

kim coreas-acosta

2019-02-21 18:43:50 UTC

kids are starting to smoke more because

Justin W

2019-02-21 18:43:50 UTC

It was primarily because of an increase in Tabacco from e-cigarette use Now in 2018 5Million kids used tabac

Melvin Adilmar Guirao Barahona

2019-02-21 18:43:51 UTC

kids are starting to smoke more now because

stephanie

2019-02-21 18:44:02 UTC

kids started smoking because they think it's an easy way to not have a thought process of things they have going on in there life, also because smoking to be cool became more of a trend. i guess what can be done is make every drug illegal.

Devin slaughter

2019-02-21 18:44:13 UTC

Now kids are starting to smoke/use cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, and bidi

john rivera

2019-02-21 18:44:15 UTC

kids are starting to smoke more now because the increase of E-cigarettes for example juuls

Fernando Araya-Ramirez

2019-02-21 18:44:41 UTC

Kids are starting to smoke more now than 2017 because they think E-cigarettes are non-harmful. What we can do to stop this is explain the bad effects that happen when you smoke.

1787549 — 2019-02-21 18:46:04 UTC

Blanca Canales
The kids are starting to smoke now more than 2017 because many of them find smoking a stress reliever. Some people think that when they are depressed that smoking can be there quiet place where they let out all of their feelings as they smoke. The law should change and make certain things illegal or change the age and maybe some people will smoke less.

mekah key

2019-02-21 18:47:07 UTC

their has been an increase because Use by "friend or family member" , Availability of "flavors such as mint, candy, fruit, or chocolate" , The belief that "they are less harmful than other forms of tobacco such as cigarettes"

Ethan Hjembo

2019-02-21 18:47:39 UTC

More kids are trying vape and e sigs and they might jump to ciggarets.

2019-02-25 19:41:51 UTC

NEEDED LINK! NEEDED LINK! https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/PublicHealthEducation/ProtectingKidsfromTobacco/ucm405173.htm

Melvin Guirao

2019-04-03 14:12:23 UTC