E-Cigarette Regulation: Examining Economic and Public Health Impacts

This essay addresses the contentious issue of e-cigarette regulation, examining whether governments should ban or more severely regulate the manufacture, sale, and use of e-cigarettes. The essay presents arguments against a complete ban, citing the lack of conclusive evidence on the impact of nicotine vapor on non-smokers and the unconfirmed safety of e-cigarettes. It suggests that governments should treat e-cigarettes similarly to traditional cigarettes, implementing regulations to limit their use in public places while allowing their use as a potential aid for quitting smoking. The essay emphasizes the need for further research into the health effects of e-cigarettes before implementing a complete ban. The essay references studies that support the argument that e-cigarettes should not be completely banned.

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Question- Should the U.S. and other national governments ban or more severely regulate the
manufacture, sale, and use of e-cigarettes? Why or why not?
Answer- It is to claim that the ban of e-cigarettes should not be bring into effect by the U.S
and the other national governments and there are plenty of reasons to support this. It is to
mention that neither the impact of nicotine vapour on the non-smokers is clear, nor the safety
of using e-cigarettes has been confirmed and still various studies are conducted in order to
come to a conclusion (Bunnell et al. 2013). However, it is widely accepted that the product
itself is not beneficial enough for the consumers as well though it do not have tobacco in it.
This is why the U.S and the other nation’s government should treat the usage of e-cigarettes
in the same manner as they do for the normal cigarettes and they must follow the same
regulation. It is just that regulating the e-cigarettes in the public places will harm the ones
who uses them for trying and quitting smoking (Zhu et al. 2017). This is why they should not
be completely banned but government should just limit their use until more is known
regarding their health effects. Government should permit the usage of e-cigarettes but as
medicines or must regulate them as tobacco products only.

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References:
Bunnell, R.E., Agaku, I.T., Arrazola, R.A., Apelberg, B.J., Caraballo, R.S., Corey, C.G.,
Coleman, B.N., Dube, S.R. and King, B.A., 2015. Intentions to smoke cigarettes among
never-smoking US middle and high school electronic cigarette users: National Youth
Tobacco Survey, 2011–2013. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 17(2), pp.228-235.
Zhu, S.H., Zhuang, Y.L., Wong, S., Cummins, S.E. and Tedeschi, G.J., 2017. E-cigarette use
and associated changes in population smoking cessation: evidence from US current
population surveys. bmj, 358, p.j3262.