Many of use find this product very useful, and in fact we also use spray paint to cover graffiti. There are, in fact, practically no efficient alternative products for commercial, industrial or household users of spray paint. Designed to enable consumers to achieve a highly professional finish that is impossible to achieve with brush paints, spray paint also has several environmental advantages - it is storable until fully used and totally recyclable. Perhaps the biggest issue of concern with regard to spray paint, however, is criminal misuse. Private and public property in cities nation-wide has been defaced with spray paint in the hands of graffiti vandals.
Most taggers are fairly young.
Beyond this basic common denominator, the profile of the graffiti vandal crosses race, gender, and socio-economic lines. While graffiti is not a new phenomenon, the 1990s has seen an explosion of graffiti and graffiti-related crimes in almost every major urban area. Meanwhile, cities and counties have suffered billions of dollars in cleanup, repair and replacement costs. Under these by-laws, retailers are required to keep spray paint locked in a case that only store employees are allowed to open. In 1992, the city of Chicago completely banned the retail sale of the product, making it unlawful to sell spray paint within the city limits.