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I Want My Generation To Live Long And Prosper, But If The Juul Addiction Continues That Won’t Be A Reality

Society has traded in cigarettes for something that can literally blow up in your face.

Lexi Locke
Sep 09, 2019
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I Want My Generation To Live Long And Prosper, But If The Juul Addiction Continues That Won’t Be A Reality
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Teens of today, what the hell are you doing? Sure, this is just another fad and it'll pass, but it's literally killing you. More people are dying by the hands of JUUL than regular cigarettes. The JUUL epidemic is close to beating out the opioid epidemic.

The FDA reported that 3.6 million middle school and high school kids are addicted to e-cigarettes. 3.6 million kids from the age of 11 to 18 are smoking. 3.6 million kids are addicted to nicotine. 3.6 kids are shortening their life.

I understand how quickly trends can pick up, especially with today's society — we have technology that will give these big companies clout, but when something happens to you as a result of using these products these companies send out, they don't do anything about it. They rarely speak out. They rarely lose lawsuits. These big companies will also come out on top and teenagers and their families will always be on the losing end.

A 17-year-old had his e-cig blow up in his face and shatter his jaw.

A 17-year-old is going to be in pain for a while because he wanted to be cool and fit in. A 17-year-old will never be the same because of a USB drive that he put in his mouth.

Your parents told you to never stick a fork in a wall outlet. A JUUL is basically the fork and you are putting that in your mouth (aka, the wall outlet) and you are going to electrocute yourself (hopefully, you won't be on the receiving end of something fatal). The JUUL addiction is absolutely ridiculous and for the life of me, I cannot see why anybody would want to risk their lives to fit in with the "cool kids" who smoke under the bleachers.

I'm sorry, but my health and well-being are more important than a USB drive going in my mouth and damaging my lungs, killing my brain cells, and giving me shorter days. We aren't promised tomorrow, but I refuse to go out by the hands of JUUL.

It may smell better than cigarettes, but that doesn't make it less dangerous.

It may be cool to decorate and design your own pod, but that doesn't make you cool. You may like being able to walk freely with it because it doesn't classify as a cigarette, but will you like laying in a hospital bed or worse?

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