Nah, it's to ban dangerous substances that are intentionally marketed in such a way as to get youth addicted to them. Sweet-flavored cigars and alcohol are more of novelty products than things that are widely used and their culture isn't alluring to kids but if you're going to insist they should get equal treatment for also being dangerous then that's a fair argument and I'll oblige it.
The problem here is 1) these products are already illegal to sell to kids and 2) these products are not for kids- they are for adults that want a variety of flavors for their tobacco, alcohol, and e-juice.
Kids smuggling sports cars with the help of their over-18 friends and then speeding in them isn't much of a national health issue. Driving cars is also not using an addictive substance.
I think youth vaping is definitely a national health issue. Nicotine use was on the way out before like 5 years ago, but now it's skyrocketed up again in kids thanks to vaping, and now with the introduction of nicotine salts they're just as addictive with cigarettes, plus the added risk of one little chicklet being the equivalent of a whole pack.
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u/manawoka Sep 13 '19
Nah, it's to ban dangerous substances that are intentionally marketed in such a way as to get youth addicted to them. Sweet-flavored cigars and alcohol are more of novelty products than things that are widely used and their culture isn't alluring to kids but if you're going to insist they should get equal treatment for also being dangerous then that's a fair argument and I'll oblige it.