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FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes

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Another large swath of users is forced to the blackmarket, or to smoking, both of which are far more hazardous to health than vaping.

And another large (and growing) swath of users are never going to pick up any nicotine product because they never got enticed by Juul's advertising to kids. A net win for society and should have happened years ago.

Right and current users can go back to cigarettes? The regular tobacco market is virtually unregulated. That makes sense?

There are fewer of them, they can switch to a flavorless competitor where they refill the cartridges and ween off the juice or not.

The current tobacco market predates regulations. Let's strangle e-cigarettes before they become too big to overcome.

How dare us adults enjoy flavors. How about you stop telling me, and other adults how to lead our lives?

I don't know much about flavorless competitors, but juice, self-refillable cartridges seems like they have a greater potential of abuse/danger.

Everything good in this world is ruined by your “think of the children” attitude. I don’t have kids, will never have kids. I don’t care about your hellspawn.

Seriously, go away. Keep your authoritarianism to yourself. Your nosy, unwanted, Karenesque attitude can leave us child free people in peace.

I’m an adult, I consume nicotine. It’s my right (and I will continue).

> I don’t have kids, will never have kids. I don’t care about your hellspawn.

Good for you? What's the point?

> I consume nicotine. It’s my right

Please feel free to consume nicotine in a way that doesn't create clouds of vape exhalations. It's not as bad as second hand smoke but it's unpleasant.

> I’m an adult

Good. Then you shouldn't care about a company being shut down for advertising drugs to children.

“I don’t like it so y’all have to bend to my will.” “Protecting my hellspawn is more important than your rights and freedoms.”

Your last point would be fine if, as adult, the market didn’t deny me access to a product that is illegal for children to consume anyway.

The FDA should shut you down

Not really, they are going after Juul but not the other providers. Juul already got devastated by the flavored cartridge ban, but the FDA allows any flavors in disposable ecigs so users just switched to those or went online.

The policy and enforcement seems more about punishing Juul specifically as a sacrificial lamb than promoting public health.

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