So far I have been looking at the magnitude of the vaping epidemic, whether it be looking at it on a local level or a national level. And what I've found has cemented the idea that vaping is an incredibly large problem no matter where you look. It is important now to look at why this is such a prominent issue, as there has to be a reason for the explosion in popularity of vaping products. In fact, there are three main reasons (the marketing of vape companies, teenage behavior, and the properties of vape products) why vaping is as big of a problem as it currently is. Let's first discuss how vaping companies market to teens and how that contributes to the current epidemic of vaping. While vaping companies do not explicitly advertise to children and teenagers, they target them through the flavoring of their vape products. Vape companies typically advertise “fun” candy-flavored e-cigarettes that attract kids, just as flavored cigarettes did. In the past, in order to broaden t