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It took less than two minutes on instagram under the hashtag #Juul to find someone selling knock off JUUL vaping devices and pods. They are selling these devices through the app "whatsapp". This is already illegal, and i wouldn't doubt if this is how many of the young kids are getting their products. This is a much more dangerous route than adults are receiving theirs.

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Youtuber Ryan Hall, posted a tour inside of a vape shop located in the United States. There are many shops popping up around the world to facilitate the large market of vaping.

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Altria, Makers of Malboro, recently invested $12.8 B into JUUL for a 35% stake in the company anticipating cigarette sales to drop substantially over the next decade.

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December 20, 2018
Altria, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, announced Thursday that it had made a $12.8 billion investment in Juul Labs, the vapor company critics accuse of helping to create a teen smoking epidemic.

The investment makes Altria a minority shareholder, with a 35 percent stake in Juul, the heavyweight of the vapor market. Altria's investment has more than doubled Juul's valuation as of this summer. Juul is now worth $38 billion.

Critics see the partnership as a means of cementing a future of widespread smoking in America. Juul is claiming the opposite. The San Francisco-based start-up has painted itself as the antidote to traditional tobacco products, and the company said in a news release that its partnership with Altria is a way to boost its core mission: helping adult smokers abandon cigarettes in favor of something purer and safer.
[U.S. surgeon general declares e-cigarette 'epidemic']
"We understand the controversy and skepticism that comes with an affiliation and partnership with the largest tobacco company in the U.S.," Juul chief executive Kevin Burns said in the release. "But over the course of the last several months we were convinced by actions, not words, that in fact this partnership could help accelerate our success switching adult smokers."

The terms of the deal allow Juul to stay fully independent, according to the release, while using Altria's infrastructure, such as sales and distribution services. Juul will also have access to Altria's retail shelf space and be allowed to advertise on some of Altria's products.

Since Juul was introduced to the market in 2015, the USB-shaped smoking device that delivers concentrated nicotine has become ubiquitous. In just three years, it has captured about 70 percent of the e-cigarette market, according to a Wells Fargo analysis of Nielsen sales data, and tobacco use has fallen to a historic low. But the product's explosive popularity among teens has drawn criticism from the public and regulatory agencies that, despite Juul's claims to the contrary, argue the company has targeted young smokers with sweet vapor flavors and marketing that glamorizes smoking.
[FDA unveils sweeping anti-tobacco effort to reduce underage vaping and smoking]
On Tuesday, the U.S. surgeon general declared teen e-cigarette use an epidemic, pointing to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration that said tobacco use within 30 days had risen 75 percent among high school students in the past year.

"We have never seen use of any substance by America's young people rise as rapidly as e-cigarette use is rising," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. "Combustible cigarettes remain the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and providing an effective off-ramp for adults who want to quit using them is a public health priority. But we cannot allow e-cigarettes to become an on-ramp to nicotine addiction for younger Americans."

Amid an FDA crackdown, Juul said it is taking steps to curb underage use of electronic cigarette, such as taking flavored products off retail shelves, stepping up age-verification measures and ditching social media promotions. The partnership with Altria will help Juul be more aggressive in efforts to keep its products out of the hands of teenagers, the company said.

But critics argue the deal proves Juul is prioritizing profits over safety by teaming up with Big Tobacco, which benefits from a rise in underage smoking.

"The proposed Altria-Juul deal would join companies that sell the most popular cigarette and the e-cigarette brands among kids," the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids tweeted shortly before the deal was formally announced. "It's about protecting profits, not public health."

The FDA unveiled an initiative last year to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes, a step that was well-received by public health advocates and made waves in the tobacco industry. However, it has yet to take similar action with e-cigarettes, which use highly concentrated nicotine. A single Juul pod, for example, contains the same amount of nicotine as an entire pack of cigarettes. An alignment with Juul might give Big Tobacco a foothold, ensuring that legions of teens are introduced to smoking, potentially growing into consumers of combustible tobacco products.

Still, Juul is declaring the company's future depends on providing an alternative for adults while not endangering teens.

"Our intent was never to have youth use Juul products. But intent is not enough; the numbers are what matter, and the numbers tell us underage use of e-cigarette products is a problem," Burns said in the release. "When you take a step back, our success ultimately depends on our ability to get our product in the hands of adult smokers and out of the hands of youth."

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Altria, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, invests $12.8 billion in Juul

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December 20, 2018 Altria, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, announced Thursday that it had made a $12.8 billion investment in Juul Labs, the vapor company critics accuse of helping to create a teen smoking epidemic. The investment makes Altria a minority shareholder, with a 35 percent stake in Juul, the heavyweight of the vapor market.

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On instagram with the hashtag of #vapetricks there are over 4.5 million posts. many of these posts are well made videos with tricks along with popular hip hop and track music. Impressive, yes, but not worth it if it means kids are getting attracted to it and trying to recreate it.

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Scott Wyatt / Content Creator on Instagram: "#throwback to one of my favorite edits I did for @cloudnurdz @cloudnurdz @cloudnurdz 🔥🔥🔥 Sorry Guys For The Lack Of Bangers!!!!! I am still getting over some health issues but soon I am hoping to be back 🙏🙏🙏 @vapetricks #vape #vapetricks #vapestars #art #artist #tricks #trickshots #supreme #supremepatty #shrimpgang #vapenation #vgod #handcheck #indovape #indonesia #jakartavape #cloudnurdz"

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3,530 likes, 76 comments - jellymanvibez on March 23, 2019: "#throwback to one of my favorite edits I did for @cloudnurdz @cloudnurdz @cloudnurdz 🔥🔥🔥 Sorry Guys For The Lack Of Bangers!!!!! I am still...". 

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With all the customizable features, its no wonder that kids are loving the products so much..

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The Vaping Zombie 🧟‍♂️ on Instagram: "You Can Only Choose One Vape 🤔 Which One Is It Gonna Be ( 1-14 ) 👀 💨 
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10K likes, 818 comments - vapingzombie on March 24, 2019: "You Can Only Choose One Vape 🤔 Which One Is It Gonna Be ( 1-14 ) 👀 💨 
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Memes are the craze of the internet right now, as the internet is becoming so much more of a peer to peer, user generated service, memes are ruling the service.

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With vaping and juuling beconing so popular, this effect snowballs as verified, popular people get a hold of the products themselves.

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ABC News has covered a story, linked on youtube, that JUUL is beginning to stop selling fruit, and other flavours in all stores that are accessible to young people under the age of 18.

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Juul to stop selling most e-cigarette flavor pods in stores

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NBC news has created an informative video on youtube describing why teens are so interested in vaping in recent years.

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Inside The Heated Battle Over Juul: Creating Teen Addicts Or Saving Lives? | Think | NBC News

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CNN posted on twitter on 2019 that San Fransisco are proposing changes to the sales of E-cigarettes in their city.

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San Francisco officials are proposing changes that could ban vape sales in the city and jeopardize the headquarters of leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs https://t.co/98cF3uY2sY

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San Francisco officials are proposing changes that could ban vape sales in the city and jeopardize the headquarters of leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs https://t.co/98cF3uY2sY https://t.co/MMt354ZK0J

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San Francisco officials are proposing changes that could ban vape sales in the city and jeopardize the headquarters of leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs https://t.co/98cF3uY2sY pic.twitter.com/MMt354ZK0J
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San Francisco officials are proposing changes that could ban vape sales in the city and jeopardize the headquarters of leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs https://t.co/98cF3uY2sY https://t.co/MMt354ZK0J

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San Francisco officials are proposing changes that could ban vape sales in the city and jeopardize the headquarters of leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs https://t.co/98cF3uY2sY https://t.co/MMt354ZK0J

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San Francisco officials are proposing changes that could ban vape sales in the city and jeopardize the headquarters of leading e-cigarette company Juul Labs https://t.co/98cF3uY2sY