Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 08, 2021, 1:59 PM UTC

jasonhansel wrote: post #166

pope_meat wrote: post #136

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Fun fact, if you claim to be a smoking cessation product you get the FDA at your door going "oh, so this is a medical product" and you're now obligated to prove that your product works as a medical cessation product, and requires a doctor's note to pick up. You can't market yourself as a smoking cessation product without getting the hounds of hell being unleashed on you by the regulators.

> you're now obligated to prove that your product works And that's a bad thing?

Post by OptionX » Thu, Jul 08, 2021, 2:02 PM UTC

Red_Leaves_Flyy wrote: post #159

egeozcan wrote: post #139

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Getting licensed for vaping is easier? (really asking)

They’re both incredibly expensive and laborious. Like millions of dollars per sku expensive. The fda has put all the good vape shops out of business and extortionate taxes are killing the rest as people revert back to cigarettes. The fda is actively hurting Americans by shifting these costs onto retailers which was a Coup d'état for big tobacco who had been completely blindsided by the success of startup vape compani…

Post by qwerty456127 » Thu, Jul 08, 2021, 2:03 PM UTC

afavour wrote: post #76

lemonberry wrote: post #34

My father has COPD from over 50 years of smoking. I convinced him to switch to vaping and he's been using a Juul for a few years now. Awhile after the switch his primary care physician listened to his lungs and said they sounded a lot better. She said she because the science isn't in "I can't tell you to vape but I can tell you to keep doing what you're doing". Should non-smokers pick up vaping? Probably not. But in…

I think if Juul was marketed as a smoking cessation product I’d have no problem with it. But it’s marketed as a lifestyle product and a ton of young people with no history of smoking have started vaping as a result.

Post by Nasrudith » Thu, Jul 08, 2021, 2:09 PM UTC

leereeves wrote: post #173

janeroe wrote: post #172

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> How can a society allow What's the lastname of this Society guy? It's kind of hypocritical to wrap your personal wishes and desired in the veil of common good, care for others, etc.

> What's the lastname of this Society guy? Legislature would be its lastname, I suppose. As in [nation] legislature, [state] legislature, etc.

Post by KuiN » Thu, Jul 08, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

Synaesthesia wrote: post #52

lemonberry wrote: post #34

My father has COPD from over 50 years of smoking. I convinced him to switch to vaping and he's been using a Juul for a few years now. Awhile after the switch his primary care physician listened to his lungs and said they sounded a lot better. She said she because the science isn't in "I can't tell you to vape but I can tell you to keep doing what you're doing". Should non-smokers pick up vaping? Probably not. But in…

Yeah there's the interesting issue of popcorn lung, which comes from inhaling a certain chemical, diethyl. I don't think it's in juul.