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Upper and lower bounds for a Rademacher-type expectation

Suppose that $\varepsilon_i$ are independent Rademacher random variables (that is, $ \mathbb{P}(\varepsilon_i=-1) = \mathbb{P}(\varepsilon_i=1) =1/2 $. Fix an $a\in\mathbb{R}^n$ and define the random variable $X=\sum_{i=1}^n a_i\varepsilon_i$.

I am interested in lower and upper bounds on $\mathbb{E}e^{-|X|/2}$ of the form $$ L(a) \le \mathbb{E}\exp\left(-\frac12|X|\right) \le U(a) $$ that satisfy the bounded ratio property: $$ \sup_{a\in\mathbb{R}^n} \frac{U(a)}{L(a)} <\infty. $$

Any ideas much welcome.