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Which of the following actions to curb e-cigarette use by youths would you support the MOST?

(Total Votes: 118)

Require that e-cigarettes be FDA-regulated as a nicotine replacement therapy (30.5%)
 

Eliminate easy access to flavored versions (11.9%)
 

Raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 for purchasing nicotine-containing products (40.7%)
 

More restrictions on advertising (9.3%)
 

Other (list below) (7.6%)
 


Voter Comments (the following are opinions of readers and not AskaPatient.com)

• No one looked at how they already marketed E Cigs, as a Wellness product. They used paid commenter

• Hold parents legally/financially respons

• Better vaping than watching porn or impregnating.

• See cadaver smoking lungs in person. Not on the internet, but in person

• High schoolers including my grandson love the flavored vapes

• Haven't you noticed that smokers and drinkers leave more social security money for the rest of us.

• outlaw them

• Heavily tax them

• It works

• Nothing will work. If kids want it they'll get. Nothing stopped me buying cigs when I was 16

• Point out health hazards

• Stop the advertising

• make nicotine delivery manufacturers illegal


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States with Laws Restricting Youth Access to E-Cigarettes as of December 15, 2018 (provides minimum legal sales age and links to information about each state's regulations.)

November 15, 2018: FDA proposed new steps to protect youth by preventing access to flavored tobacco products and banning menthol in cigarettes

Effective January 1, 2019, Oregon raises the age to 21 to purchase tobacco products, including e-cigarettes