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The Vapes of Wrath

Jun 21, 2024 · 27m
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  • Traces Juul's 2015 market entry into a regulatory gray area where e-cigarettes weren't explicitly covered by existing tobacco regulations
  • Explains how Juul's explosive growth fueled a youth vaping crisis and triggered government regulatory intervention meant to protect teenagers
  • Reveals that regulatory efforts to combat youth vaping may have paradoxically worsened the public health problem they aimed to solve

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