This is the American Greet Podcast presented by CNBC. I'm Stacey Keech.

In this episode of American Read, for years an epidemic of teenage nicotine

addiction sweeps the country.

They think now the it thing for teens, the FDA today calling it a dangerous

epidemic.

Leaving thousands of kids now fighting to get clean.

And the culprit blamed for this ongoing public health crisis, an e-cigarette

called Jewel.

With nearly 75% market share, e-cigarette maker Jewel has become enemy number

one.

It's not like millions of kids using e-cigarettes generally.

Like they're all using Jewel.

Meet the minds behind the life-altering invention.

James Monchies and Adam Bowen.

Two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who grow their business faster than Facebook.

Hitting a value of $38 billion in just four years by selling one of the most

addictive drugs on the legal market.

If you talk to some adults, they'll say, it was easier for me to get off of cocaine

or heroin than to get off of my cigarettes.

Bowen and Monchies insist they are good guys working to save the lives of smokers.

I think the real opportunity here is to improve the lives of a billion people worldwide.

But critics say they target kids and create a new generation of addicts.

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