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Juul & its House of Smoke & Horrors

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  1. dnaq
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    To be honest I found that article (op-ed) to be quite silly. The author equates e-cigarettes with ordinary cigarettes and calls the company camel 2.0. I think the pretense is false, e-cigarettes...

    To be honest I found that article (op-ed) to be quite silly. The author equates e-cigarettes with ordinary cigarettes and calls the company camel 2.0. I think the pretense is false, e-cigarettes are probably not harmless, but it’s definitely more healthy than inhaling known cancerous substances and I believe in harm reduction.

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  2. Kijafa
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    I think the key of the article is that nicotine sales are by their nature predatory. Juul isn't any worse than a casino or AB InBev, or Philip Morris, but they're also not any better. It's just a...

    I think the key of the article is that nicotine sales are by their nature predatory. Juul isn't any worse than a casino or AB InBev, or Philip Morris, but they're also not any better. It's just a new skin on an old game, and people shouldn't be falling over themselves to drool over a tobacco company even if it's super shiny.

    It definitely seems like this author in particular has a bone to pick with Juul though. Probably because a lot of people who vape seem to deny that there is any downside to it, same with a lot of pot smokers I know.

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