Introducing: The Vaping Fix

The Vaping Fix

Wondery

Juul, Documentary, Business, Vaping, Exhibit C, Children, Scandal, Smoking, Society & Culture, True Crime

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Two young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set out to rid the world of smoking with an incredible new product. The device stands to disrupt the tobacco industry and make them rich, until it falls into the wrong hands and lives are ruined. From classrooms to hospitals, boardrooms to the Oval Office, what can be done to protect teenagers and is it too late? From Laura Beil, the reporter behind Dr Death and Bad Batch, comes The Vaping Fix, the inside story of the rise of Juul and the making of a crisis.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can binge all six episodes of the vaping fix. Add free on Amazon Music.
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0:14.0	Scroll through Instagram and you'll see hundreds of sponsored posts, everything from lipsticks and lotions,
0:20.0	sex toys, carat juice. Christina Zeis has promoted them all.
0:25.0	I've been an online influencer for many many years.
0:30.0	One day back in 2017, Christina was asked to promote a new product.
0:35.0	It was a small rectangular device, slate gray aluminum.
0:40.0	It's this really cool USB looking device. It was super slim. It fits into your pocket.
0:46.0	You can charge it on your computer and no one can tell that it's an electronic cigarette.
0:51.0	It was called Jewel. She posted a photo with the device along with the hashtag JewelMoment.
1:00.0	The following summer, Christina attended a big New York music festival.
1:05.0	She looked around and her heart sank.
1:08.0	I saw a lot of kids smoking this jewel.
1:12.0	Suddenly, she was seeing teenagers with jewels everywhere.
1:17.0	It made me feel bad for kids because they didn't have a chance.
1:23.0	Another topic is Team Tobacco Use.
1:26.0	It is up and the CDC is blaming who else but jewel.
1:30.0	A warning for parents tonight. Do you know if your child is jeweling at school?
1:34.0	We're parents who are mad that these things are out there and we're mad that they're easily accessible.
1:39.0	It ended up becoming my oxygen. I couldn't live without it. I needed it all the time every day.
1:43.0	And then that's what I felt like. I just couldn't breathe anymore.
1:46.0	From wondering, the makers of Dr. Death and Bad Badge comes a new series
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