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Alternatively we can inform children about the risks of using e-cigarettes and let them make the decision on their own? Existing smokers like the different fla
by least 7y ago
Alternatively we can inform children about the risks of using e-cigarettes and let them make the decision on their own?
Existing smokers like the different flavors as well and it's definitely one of the appeals it has over smoking cigarettes.
EDIT: I'd like to make the point that I'm not a proponent of children making their own decisions as a child. We've already accepted as a society (generally) that children do not have the same agency as adults. I'm suggesting that people are allowed to inform children about the risks just as we do with smoking and drinking and allow them to make that decision when they are able to.
- dx87 7y agoI don't know if you've ever met a child, but informing them of risks and letting them make their own decisions isn't always the best idea. I don't know how many times I've been at restaurants and heard parents say "be careful, the plate is hot" followed by the sound of the kid crying because they didn't listen and grabbed the hot plate/food.
- least 7y agoI'm not suggesting we should be letting 12 year olds vape. I'm saying that we treat it like other vices that people imbibe in.
- dymk 7y ago...by not letting children make their own choices weather or not to imbibe. We don't allow kids to buy weed or alcohol either. They don't make informed decisions because they are literally incapable of it. They do not have adult brains yet.
- least 7y agoThat's exactly what I said, though? We allow adults to imbibe in weed (in some places) and alcohol (in most places). The decision to partake in these things doesn't happen when you're an adult. The choice is often informed by a combination of their peers, their parents, and their education at a much earlier age. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough; I don't think children should be able to use vape products just as I don't think they should be drinking or smoking. I do think that they should be allowed to make that choice when they're an adult.
- dymk 7y agoChildren are not equipped to make these sorts of choices about their health, regardless of what libertarians may tell you.
- goatinaboat 7y agoIt’s not libertarians claiming that children can make their own life-changing healthcare decisions.
- dymk 7y agoWho is?
- least 7y agoI'm assuming this is referencing hormone blockers or hormone supplementation in children that identify as trans.
- goatinaboat 7y agoNo libertarian of my acquaintance would say that marketing addiction to children is just the free market but that’s what’s happening here. I just object to libertarians being tarred with that brush.