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F.D.A. Seizes Documents From Juul Headquarters
The Food and Drug Administration conducted a surprise inspection of the headquarters of the e-cigarette maker Juul Labs last Friday, carting away more than a thousand documents it said were related to the company's sales and marketing practices.
The move, announced on Tuesday, was seen as an attempt to ratchet up pressure on the company, which controls 72 percent of the e-cigarette market in the United States and whose products have become popular in high schools. The F.D.A. said it was particularly interested in whether Juul deliberately targeted minors as consumers.
"The new and highly disturbing data we have on youth use demonstrates plainly that e-cigarettes are creating an epidemic of regular nicotine use among teens," the F.D.A. said in a statement. "It is vital that we take action to understand and address the particular appeal of, and ease of access to, these products among kids."
Previously: Tobacco Roundup (U.S. to Crack Down on Tobacco, Electronic Cigarettes)
E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion
(Score: 2, Interesting) by TheFool on Thursday October 04 2018, @02:03PM
They were.
As a rural kid, when fair came to town the carnies would be selling cool things, including these stink bombs. That was really the only place we could get them. They weren't supposed to sell them to kids, but obviously most of them did anyway if they thought they could get away with it. So, naturally, all the kids in town would save up and buy a good supply of them. For the next few months you'd never know when the overwhelming smell of rotten eggs would come up. They did come in glass vials, so I guess you did get tiny bits of broken glass around, but it was mostly harmless fun.
Liquid ass was good too, but it had one major drawback - you still had the can after you deployed the ass. It was more suited for convincing someone else to spray it on your behalf. Stink bombs could be deployed discreetly, so if you had half a brain and didn't carry the rest with you you were OK from being blamed.