Its true that bad guys are more often smokers in the movies, but there really are not that many bad guys compared to good guys. Episode for episode, youth who saw negative characters smoking were more likely to start smoking, but since overall there is so much more exposure to good guy smoking, the net effect is similar. This latest batch of anti-smoking ads is the linchpin of a $50 million campaign launched by Legacy this year
Since there are cancer-causing chemicals in the aerosol particles, it is possible that exposure to second-hand vaping may be damaging to a childs health
Studies show vaping can cause hair loss due to similar toxins found in cigarette smoke
Getting sick more often can worsen symptoms and make asthma harder to control
Due to the highly addictive nature of nicotine, and the impact that nicotine has on brain development, we can understand the importance of discouraging the youth to start vaping, but the law in the US means that a young person would have to break the law to obtain vaping gear and liquids, where limited flavours may result in vapers that were happy now returning to cigarettes
