Juul's nicotine products have been allowed to stay in stores pending review of its application to sell them.
  • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
    4620·
    6 months ago

    Juul was always a scapegoat. They are nothing other vapes aren’t; they were just popular at the wrong time and took the brunt of America’s ridiculous attitude to vaping

          • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
            76·
            6 months ago

            I feel like a lot of this is insinuation, like “young-looking” models - rather than marketing with old people? Like literally almost all marketing. Look at this:

            that featured young-looking models wearing belly-exposing crop tops, ripped jeans and jean jackets with a bright color scheme.

            What exactly is bad about this unless we assume these models were underage? Which they almost certainly weren’t

              • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
                33·
                6 months ago

                And you’re not interested in whether they actually did anything, not even enough to respond to my point. I’m not interested in “simping” for them, but I am interested in whether there is any substance to the accusations. That article provided insinuation, not substance.

                • HessiaNerd@lemmy.world
                  21·
                  6 months ago

                  They clearly weren’t marketing to existing smokers to move away from a harmful product, to something slightly less harmful.

    • SaintWackoEnglish
      385·
      6 months ago

      You mean the ridiculous attitude of thinking that vaping shouldn’t be aimed at kids?

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        11·
        6 months ago

        Banning flavors was the most effective move to deter kids from vaping JUUL. They all use the gas station disposables now.

        When I was an underage smoker, advertising did nothing to affect my purchase. It was all about access. If they really want to address underage vaping, they need to crack down on places that sell to minors, just as they did with cigarettes.

        • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          6 months ago

          Banning flavors was the most effective move to deter kids from vaping JUUL.

          Just like how we ended underage drinking by banning adults from buying flavored vodka.

          Oh, no, hang on, that flavored poison, though worse, isn’t unpopular.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      12·
      6 months ago

      Well they appealed the ban, so they stayed on the shelves.

      It’s actually like the second paragraph of this article.