Cornell Study Finds Raising The Vaping Age Actually Increases Teen Smoking

The Daily Caller discusses the study on how raising the vaping age increases teen smoking with Michelle Minton. 

“This study provides some evidence for what I and other observers feared about restrictions on electronic cigarettes: when you make them harder to get or more expensive it doesn’t stop kids from smoking, it just pushes them in a different and potentially more harmful direction,” said Michelle Minton, Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

“Regardless of intentions, If a policy prompts people to change their choices in a way that causes greater harm to public health, it is irresponsible to not reconsider the wisdom of that policy.”

Read the full article at the Daily Caller.