The Hard Truth: Vapes, 18 to 21+

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Schools out!

You are now an adult! Well not really. Your 18.

Your an adult to the system, but at the same time….NOT REALLY!

Time to tell you the Hard Truth for after you complete high school.

Being 18, you use to be able to smoke, which is as crazy as u can get at 18, but until 21, you are not allowed to drink, own a handgun, etc.

It basically sucks being 18.

Recently, it started to suck even more when they raised the age to buy tobacco products to 21.

Now in some cases, cool. I'm glad younger people now can't have a chance to get addicted to nicotine, the addictive chemical in cigarettes and vapes.

But for those of those who were 18 before the laws were changed, it became a hell.

Now people who use to smoke can't, and really, I haven't a clue why the hell this even happened.

That's a lie, I do.

The Hard Truth about this dilemma, is a hard thing to accept….

But it's all kid's fault.

That's right! I fucking said it!

The children fucked it up for us.

Let me explain,

A long time ago (1992), congresses passed the Synar Amendment, which made all states have an age limit of 18 to buy cigarettes. Before then, dads and grandpas asked their kids or grandkids to run down to the local corner store and buy them smokes. It was allowed then, but do you want to know why it was raised to 18? Because children kept taking cigarettes and it got bad enough to where Congress had to get off their ass and pass a Amendment.

Now a few years ago, a new trend started, and that trend was VAPING.

A vape is a device powered by a battery. By putting the chemical known as "Nicotine" into various flavors such as mint, mango, blue razz, strawberry, etc., it was easy to see why kids loved them so much.

Now in December of 2019, The great Orange one himself, signed a bill that changed the law to buy Nicotine products from 18, to 21.

Since then, only legal fun thing you can really do at 18 is drive, but that shit was accessible to you at the age of 16.

Now as before, the law change was due to the fact that children kept getting their hands on shit (vapes) they weren't supposed to have, and were being dumb enough to get caught, left and right.

Due to this, and the fact that vapes because very popular, the company's that make the juice for the vapes, stopped selling flavors for a short time.

It was a dark time for those who vaped.

Now we are at the Present;

Kids under 18 can still get their hands on this shit.

It isn't necessarily hard, just a waiting game.

All they have to do is ask someone and most likely, they'll get what they want.

There are also "Plugs" for various stuff, which also help them get what they need.

The truth is, the more you tell someone not to do something, the more you try to hide it or take it away, the more people will want it, which in turn leads to more creative ways to get their it.

I'm sure all of you can agree to some extent.

The Hard Truth:

Smoking help relax you. Now it's an unpopular opinion, but it's true. When Nicotine gets into your system, it sends "feel good" signals to your brain.

The addictive part of Nicotine is what tells your brain it needs another smoke in about in hour.

By continuously feeding your habit, the addiction gets so great, that going without a smoke for an hour could possibly kill you (years of smoking),So stop smoking.

If you smoke cigarettes, then switch to vaping. If you vape, chew gum, eat sunflower seeds, or go on the patch.

Trust me, your wallet will thank you too.