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FDA Raided E-Cigarette Maker Juul to Look for Evidence That the Company Targets Minors

posted by chromas on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the truth-campaign-makes-anti-smokers-look-dum dept.

takyon writes:

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."

Also at CNN and Time.

Previously: Tobacco Roundup (U.S. to Crack Down on Tobacco, Electronic Cigarettes)
E-Cig Maker Juul Valued at $15-16 Billion

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @02:11PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @02:11PM (#744078)

    Psychologists have proven that the fart spray you mention makes people hate guys who run their bare genitals on kittens, even if the kitten likes it:

    Participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions differing in the level of disgusting odor present. The conditions were identical except for the quantity of fart spray applied to the bag lining a trash bucket hidden approximately 6 feet from the participant.
    [...]
    Matthew is playing with his new kitten late one night. He is wearing only his boxer shorts, and the kitten sometimes walks over his genitals. Eventually, this arouses him, and he begins to rub his bare genitals along the kitten’s body. The kitten purrs, and seems to enjoy the contact. How wrong is it for Matthew to be rubbing himself against the kitten?

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562923/#APP1 [nih.gov]

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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday October 04 2018, @07:09PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Thursday October 04 2018, @07:09PM (#744258) Homepage Journal

    Some day, I hope to perform the kind of research that scores government grants so I can study the attitudes among the American people of eating your dog after it was killed in a car crash.

    As for legalizing marriage among first cousins:

    Not long after my hot teenage first cousin kissed me smack on the lips when I was but nine years old, my father quite cheerfully explained tome that it was completely cool to "marry" one's _second_ cousin, but to "marry" one's first cousin would result in children with such recessive traits as webbed fingers and toes.

    --
    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]