Running head: WORKING THESIS
Working Thesis Statement
The argument that flavored vape products are the cause of the lung illness outbreak is unjustifiable. The Utah government has used an irrational and not well thought of approach in banning the products. Infact, the flavored products in question were vetted by the relevant regulatory body under the government and were given a clean bill of health and released into the market. However, the same government is questioning these products that were considered compliant and labelling them as faulty. Furthermore, the blame is now being shifted to only the vape product sellers as opposed to the regulatory body that approved it in the first place. This regulatory should ensure that all goods comply with the prerequisite standards so as for it to be certified safe.
The health department therefore needs to consider other possible factors that cause vaping illness. This narrows it down to the products that have not been tested. These products may have been counterfeited hence unsafe. The black market offers a variety of vape products whose ingredients could highly explain why there is an outbreak (Siefert, 2019). The vape shop owners, on the other hand, are assured of their products being safe as they are tested before they released to the market. This is evidenced by one vape shop owner who states that his customers are in good health despite having bought vape products from him for over 10 years. Moreover, there is also consensus that the ban could push the vape users to the black-market products which would be a deterrent on the fight against lung diseases.
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The move to ban flavored vape products is therefore not a practical measure in curbing the illness (Stauffer, 2019). It does not address the issue of untested hence unsafe ingredients; it leaves out the consideration that in both flavored and non-flavored products have similar chemicals yet the latter is safe. It also pushes vape users to the available non-regulated black-market products that would see the outbreak worsen. The ban of flavored vape products from vape shops is therefore not a good solution to the lung illness outbreak at all.
References
Siefert, K. (2019). Check Your Health: Vaping-related illnesses in Utah. Retrieved 2 November 2019, from https://kutv.com/features/health/check-your-health/check-your-health-vaping-related-illnesses-in-utah
Stauffer, M. (2019). Utah vape shops sue health department over flavored e-cigarette ban. Retrieved 2 November 2019, from https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-vape-shops-sue-health-department-over-flavored-e-cigarette-ban
