Letter: JUUL backs Tobacco 21

(Steven Senne | AP file photo) In this April 11, 2018, photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass. Though education surveys show vaping use is down among Idaho high school students, health officials are concerned about vaping's rising popularity among teens nationwide. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, vaporized nicotine saw a dramatic uptick from 2017 to 2018 nationwide. Our mission is to improve the lives of the world’s 1 billion adult smokers by eliminating cigarettes, because smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death.

In Utah, 1,300 adults die from smoking-related illnesses annually, which is why we believe it…