{"id":38824,"date":"2019-09-12T03:29:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T03:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38824"},"modified":"2019-09-12T03:29:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T03:29:44","slug":"by-all-means-ban-those-flavored-vape-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38824","title":{"rendered":"By all means, ban those ‘flavored’ vape devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Get ready for it. I am about to say something positive about the president of the United States.<\/p>\n

Donald J. Trump is absolutely correct to call for a ban on the sale of those “flavored” e-cigarette devices (I think that’s what you might call ’em) in an effort to stem the use of vaping among youngsters.<\/p>\n

The president today spoke of his own vested interest in the banning of them, noting that he and first lady Melania Trump are the parents of a teenage son who is part of the generation that is drawn to those weird flavors.<\/p>\n

Actually, the president referenced the first lady exclusively, saying “she has a son” and, thus, has skin in the game.<\/p>\n

Whatever. He is correct to demand stricter prohibitions regarding vaping, which is producing serious illness and death<\/em> among youngsters all over the country.<\/p>\n

My wife and I are in Bellingham, Wash., tonight and local news reports referred extensively to the state’s first vape-related death.<\/p>\n

It’s an epidemic. Its most vulnerable victims are gullible youngsters, boys and girls, who are lured to try this new fad. I always thought e-cigarettes and vaping were somehow safer than the old-fashioned cigarettes I used to smoke.<\/p>\n

Now this vaping craze has produced flavors: cotton candy and other assorted scents that I guess young people find appealing.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I don’t quite yet understand the vaping craze \u2026 other than I want no part of it. I quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey nearly 40 years ago. It is one of the things I’ve done in my life of which I am most proud.<\/p>\n

If we can dissuade young people from vaping and exposing their lungs to the hazards of nicotine, then I’m all for that, too.<\/p>\n

To that end, I applaud the president for using his high office for a noble cause.<\/p>\n\n

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