All Tobacco Products Need To Be Criminalized.

By Evan S.

  

         Think about the billions of unlawful actions in this country. What might come to your mind? Theft, types of violence, illegal drug use, anything. But you might also think of something that should be illegal; one thing that might come to your mind is tobacco products that are still legal. Tobacco’s horrendous and vile nature is clearly a message that tobacco criminalization is mandatory.

Simah Herman was someone who had vaped on a daily basis with her parents unaware of these habits. Despite having much healthy exercise as a dancer, this habit of everyday vaping caught onto her as she suddenly stopped breathing and drifted off into a coma. Despite Simah being on the verge of death, she luckily survived and started a no vape campaign, according to Abcnews.go.com.

450,000 deaths every year occur from the usage of tobacco, with the youngest death being a 15-year-old from Texas, according to the New York Times. This just shows how deadly products with relations to tobacco can be, considering the young age of the victim.

Tobacco contains many toxic chemicals like nicotine, which is an addictive chemical that makes people have the urge to have more and more, but that's not the only appalling chemical in there. According to Health.org, many uncanny chemicals such as 1-3 butadiene, which is used to manufacture rubber and to preserve wood. These bizarre chemicals can cause serious impairment to you. Yet, these tobacco companies get very little punishment for being corrupt.

It's well known that many people who use tobacco have a high chance of having an ill-starred expedition. As many diseases and other health problems occur from this, the most notable is the notorious disease known as lung cancer. But, according to Heart.org, tobacco products also have links to stroke, heart disease, and other chronic diseases, and can also risk cancer to the throat, mouth, kidneys, and bladder.

Tobacco product users aren’t the only ones to get affected; secondhand smoke or vaping can affect people with the exact same problems as the people who smoke or vape. It would really be a shame if some innocent people suffered from the side effects of tobacco.

You may also ask the reason why people smoke. According to Veterans.smokefree.com, the reasons why people might smoke or vape might be because of stress relief, pressure, and being in social situations, and people with PTSD smoke more intensely than people with no PTSD. Also, tobacco relieving stress is just as believable as a fairy tail since it has links to worsening depression and anxiety.

Tobacco is like a ticking time bomb;  the more you use tobacco products, the more likely a horrendous, unfortunate future. It is incredibly clear that tobacco companies and their products are a menace to society.  We humans are fighting a “war” with tobacco we don’t even know about. All tobacco products need to be criminalized to help save future generations from all its disreputable acts.