JUUL: Targeting Children and Gaslighting the FDA Since 2015 | Corporate Casket

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Go to http://hellofresh.com/casket16 and use code casket16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! Go to http://upstart.com/casket to find out how Upstart can lower your monthly rate. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide. At first, Juul was supposed to be a healthier alternative for smokers to migrate away from cigarettes. But the company quickly started to ruffle some feathers with their advertising strategies toward kids, and their flavored cartridges. Then, as people began to get sick, and die after being exposed to e-cigarettes everything went up in smoke. They were met with bans, and lawsuits, and forced to pay millions of dollars. Now, the FDA has announced that the company is banned from selling its product. Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://justpaste.it/20qb8 Writers/Researchers: Jess This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's 2015 and you and all your friends are out and about on the town.
0:09.0	You go to a gas station where you suddenly see a product that looks relatively familiar.
0:13.0	Maybe you saw it while playing a game on Cartoon Network's website and in ads
0:17.4	while you were doing your homework or even websites that are there to help you
0:20.6	apply to college. It's called Jewel, and apparently it's the new, cool,
0:25.2	and safe version of cigarettes,
0:27.1	at least according to their colorful ads
0:29.2	and near constant tweets.
0:31.4	This time, the company claims that this product won't lead to the devastating
0:34.8	consequences of traditional cigarettes. In fact for those who are hoping to
0:38.8	quit it's actually a great alternative at least that's what they say.
0:42.0	As you can alternative. At least that's what they say.
0:48.0	As you continue looking, you find that there's all types of fun little flavors you can try. You've got mango, fruit mix, and even the sweet sweet taste of Crembrulae. So how can something that sounds so
0:55.9	delicious be so bad? Even if you're not of legal age you can actually find a way
1:01.4	to get these little pods of deliciousness into your hands.
1:04.0	And sometimes the jewel people online even give you suggestions on how to get their
1:08.0	product without being of legal age. How helpful!
1:11.0	And soon enough, everyone's got them.
1:13.9	You all take turns trading flavors and buying new cartridges.
1:16.5	You just can't get enough.
1:18.2	But without you even noticing, you suddenly and literally
1:21.7	can't get enough.
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