Waching daily Nov 1 2018

Dear Ministry of Health there is a pressing concern about E-Cigarette

now there are various reasons for why someone initially starts smoking it

could be because it makes him look cool or it relaxes them or something else but

that is not why we're here today we are here because it is irrefutable that

smoking is bad for your health and despite this it is common to see young

adults today smoking in subway stations in parks and even outside schools

according to CDC if smoking continues at the current rate among the youth in this

country 5.6 million of today's Americans younger than 18 will die from smoke

related illness think about that for a second. this is

extremely concerning especially because there is a steady increase in use of

electronic cigarettes among middle and high school students electronic

cigarettes are better known as e-cigarettes, are devices that typically deliver

nicotine flavorings and other additives to users through an inhaled aerosol

these devices are rapidly emerging trend and are especially popular among youth

and young adults taking this into account there is a significant need for

state and federal government involvement we need an intervention now before this

gets worse smoking can affect various organs as

tobacco is a known cause of about 25 diseases including but not limited to

lung cancer cardiovascular disease cerebrovascular disease and tumors

such as tumor of the mouth larynx esophagus lip and bladder so what steps

can we take? most studies have shown that raising cigarettes prices through increased

taxes is a highly effective measure for reducing smoking among youth young

adults and persons of low socioeconomic status at the same time reading the

tobacco sales minimum age to 21 years across the United States would

contribute to a substantial reduction in the prevalence of new tobacco use and

dependency by limiting access research has highlighted

the susceptibility of the young adult brain to rapid nicotine addiction we can

prevent that by raising the restriction limit to 21 the federal government

should take necessary steps now to raise legal restriction age for all tobacco

products including e-cigarettes to 21 the state government should work with

the federal government and take steps to implement specialized taxes for e-cigarettes.

the increase in taxes and the age restriction will lower prevalence of

e-cigarettes among youth the resulting decrease in prevalence of smoking will

lead to a decrease in smoke related chronic diseases such as heart attacks

research shows that decrease in multiple chronic conditions per person will

result in a substantially lower health care cost so taking these steps now will

decrease the prevalence of smoking leading to lower morbidity and mortality

as well as health care costs so what are we waiting for

we need to act now!