The Vaping Fix

Weekly Dose of BS

YEA MEDIA GROUP

Comedy

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 6 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.
Listen to THE VAPING FIX at: wondery.fm/VF_WeeklyDoseBS

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, Wondry has a new podcast called The Vaping Fix.
0:03.8	If you are anyone you know has ever used an e-cigarette,
0:07.1	you're going to want to hear this.
0:08.4	The story starts in 2018 with college sophomore John Luca
0:12.2	Berekia.
0:13.1	He was studying in his dorm when he suddenly struggled to breathe.
0:17.2	His lungs felt like they run fire.
0:18.6	And with his last few breaths, he asked his roommate to call 911.
0:22.6	As he was rushed to the hospital in the ER, doctors tried to help him.
0:26.0	They demanded you tell them what drugs he was using.
0:28.3	In a day, John Luca promised that he didn't use any drugs just to duel.
0:32.5	But he didn't realize inside that jewel was an addictive drug.
0:36.0	The Vaping Fix hosted by Laura Bill and the team behind Dr.
0:38.9	Death and Bad Batch is a shocking story of how the e-cigarette company
0:42.8	Joel set out to help lifetime smokers quit,
0:46.0	but instead managed to hook a new generation of young people.
0:49.4	I'm about to play you a preview of the Vaping Fix.
0:52.2	While you listen, follow the Vaping Fix on Amazon Music Apple podcast,
0:56.1	or you can listen early and add free by starting your free trial on
1:00.4	Wondry Plus in the Wondry app.
1:07.5	It was a rainy day in Orangeburg, New York in 2018.
1:11.6	John Luca Berekia was hanging out in his college dorm room between classes.
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