After interviewing three people I have concluded that raising the age of tobacco use to 21 while help decrease tobacco use in teens. The alternative to this is banning the certain vape products or all products in general. In the beginning of my research I believed this was the answer and after putting myself in a tobacco user’s shoes, I concluded that raising it to 21 would have a good impact. Raising the use would help teens not get addicted to tobacco at a young age. The products would be purchased in stores and some vapes are available online my service will be used at the counter and making sure they are of age to purchase the product. The big thing on why consumers believe in the raising the age because it could have a positive impact on the population and a lot of people. All three people I interviewed agreed on the new age being 21 and says it will be safer for teens and harder for them to access it, they said the biggest competition will be between conservative states saying it will be harder for them to raise the age.
Hi Carly! I applaud your enthusiasm for improving the lives, or more specifically the health, of teens with regards to (tobacco) addiction. I know you mentioned that your service would be used at the physical counter, as in the physical store at which people purchase tobacco products; however, with the expansion of e-commerce and people’s move toward online shopping, I think you should consider the opportunity there as well. I assume enforcing changes online is way more complicated and difficult, as checking age requirements would be easier to fake online, but if properly executed that would be a great opportunity to impact an even greater number of people.
ReplyDeleteCarly, while I completely agree with what you're trying to do by raising the purchase age for tobacco to 21, I don't think that it would be as effective as it seems. Most people that start using tobacco start using it as an age before they can legally purchase it. This is also reflected in alcohol, as many underage people have access to it, even though the age limit is 21 for purchase.
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