They've renewed their campaign against the vaping industry and singled out Juul Labs, the maker of an e-cigarette so effective at weaning smokers from their habit that Wall Street analysts are calling it an existential threat to tobacco companies.
Because the Juul's aerosol vapor delivers nicotine more quickly than other vaping devices, it feels more like a tobacco cigarette, so it appeals to smokers who want nicotine's benefits without the toxins and carcinogens in tobacco smoke.
Activists are so determined to prohibit any use of nicotine that they're calling Juul a "Massive public-health disaster" and have persuaded journalists, Democratic politicians, and federal officials to combat the "Juuling epidemic" among teenagers.
A recent survey of Juul customers found that nearly 90 percent had already smoked cigarettes at some point before trying Juul, and the smokers reported a phenomenally high rate of success at quitting.
Among the roughly 2,400 Juul customers who had never previously smoked, just 50 went on to become occasional smokers, and only 5 of them became daily smokers.
Since the city enacted that restriction four years ago, the rate of youth smoking has declined more slowly in the city than in other parts of the state that allow sales to 18-year-olds.
"There is no evidence that even long-term Juuling increases the risk for disease. And Juul is helping hundreds of thousands of smokers to quit and perhaps save their lives."
https://www.city-journal.org/html/juul-labs-vaping-prohibitionists-16029.html
Because the Juul's aerosol vapor delivers nicotine more quickly than other vaping devices, it feels more like a tobacco cigarette, so it appeals to smokers who want nicotine's benefits without the toxins and carcinogens in tobacco smoke.
Activists are so determined to prohibit any use of nicotine that they're calling Juul a "Massive public-health disaster" and have persuaded journalists, Democratic politicians, and federal officials to combat the "Juuling epidemic" among teenagers.
A recent survey of Juul customers found that nearly 90 percent had already smoked cigarettes at some point before trying Juul, and the smokers reported a phenomenally high rate of success at quitting.
Among the roughly 2,400 Juul customers who had never previously smoked, just 50 went on to become occasional smokers, and only 5 of them became daily smokers.
Since the city enacted that restriction four years ago, the rate of youth smoking has declined more slowly in the city than in other parts of the state that allow sales to 18-year-olds.
"There is no evidence that even long-term Juuling increases the risk for disease. And Juul is helping hundreds of thousands of smokers to quit and perhaps save their lives."
https://www.city-journal.org/html/juul-labs-vaping-prohibitionists-16029.html
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