Banning Juul Won’t Save Lives
Did you quit smoking with the help of a JUUL electronic cigarette, as I did? The FDA is unimpressed with your choice toward a healthier lifestyle.
The FDA is forcing JUUL to pull all of its vaping products from the US market due to worries that it may have aided in the growth of e-cigarette use among minors. JUUL is a US manufacturer of vaping products notable for its USB stick-shaped design and market domination as it controls nearly three-quarters vape market.
While the FDA is banning the most successful anti-smoking device ever made, there are 3,000 cigarette products out in the market untouched by FDA regulation and steadily killing 480,000 Americans annually. No one could make a vape product as toxic as a cigarette.
E-cigarettes are not completely risk-free, but they carry a small fraction of the risk of cigarettes. They don’t produce tar or carbon monoxide, two of the most harmful elements in tobacco smoke. While nicotine is an addictive substance in cigarettes, it’s relatively harmless. Most of the harm from smoking comes from the thousands of other chemicals in tobacco smoke, many of which are toxic.
Let’s be clear, banning JUUL without banning cigarettes and all other e-cigarettes isn’t about public health. It’s a pushback towards…
