There is an endless list of things to worry about when raising kids. Will they get hurt? Will they make friends? Are they eating enough? Are they spending too much time in front of screens? But will they be a smoker feels like a worry of another era—after all, for many of us, smoking was already an uncool habit of an older generation when we were growing up.
But this generation experiences stressors different from those of previous generations, from social media to pandemics to the vices marketed to them by savvy tobacco companies looking to hook a new generation of smokers.
VAPING 101
When e-cigarettes were first rolled out in 2007, they were marketed as a healthy alternative to real cigarettes and even suggested as a smoking cessation tool. “They are marketed as ‘safer’ alternatives to traditional cigarettes because they do not contain
