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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: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 05 2018, @01:09AM
It's not really fair to compare vaping to cigarettes. We had the same shit when I was a kid, we were hysterically warned about Joe Camel with his leather jacket, Ray-Ban shades, and cool demeanor trying to get us addicted to his filthy habit. Or perhaps the Marlboro Man's independent rustic spirit inspired you with manliness in wanting to be a grown-up.
But it was fucking impossible to get away with safely unless you (like my friends and I) did in a neighboring alley before school, and even then we got busted by the truant officer. What I'm getting to is that any punk can pull out a vape, whether in the middle of class or in a hallway or cubicle at Lockheed-Martin, and get their fix on the sly even though both are against policy. You get a bunch of Sherriff dispatchers in their smoke area outside, all smoking vapes, and one or more could be smoking a weed cartridge and nobody could be the wiser.
The real danger is vaping is not in their appeal to youth, but their stealth -- and being sneaky transcends age.