What is JUUL?
Juul – manufactured by Juul Labs – is the popular USB-shaped smoking device that has recently captivated the e-cigarette market. Its sleek concealable shape and an array of flavors make it the favored choice for both adult and teen smokers. But contrary to Juul Labs’ claims that “Juuling” is a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes, recent studies have found that Juul and other e-cigarettes actually expose users to a number of dangerous health risks commonly associated with cigarettes. Researchers have also found links to risks not commonly associated with traditional cigarettes, such as e-cigarette users’ higher likelihood of developing bronchiolitis obliterans (more commonly referred to as “popcorn lung“). While research into Juul is still in its early stages, experts are already warning personal injury law firms, such as Juul Lawsuit 101 Law, to be prepared for a future massive influx of e-cigarette lawsuits. With the continued rise in Juul’s popularity, paralleled by continued research illustrating Juul’s health risks, a Juul lawsuit is an unfortunate likelihood.
If you use Juul or any other form of e-cigarettes, we urge you to read the following information as well as conduct your own research on Juul dangers before you continue using these products.
In addition, if you find that you are now addicted to Juul, consider joining other individuals in fighting back against the company that should have warned you and file a Juul lawsuit.
E-Cigarettes & Juul’s Rising Popularity
Nearly half of all Twitter users who followed Juul last year were between the ages of 13 and 17, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Juul’s sleek & concealable shape, a range of enticing flavors, odorless vapor exhalant, and mischaracterization as a healthy alternative to cigarettes has led it to become the name-brand of e-cigarettes. Juul has helped to end the social stigmas surrounding smoking.
This is unfortunate, especially for the anti-smoking advocacy groups who have been on a decades’ long mission to build those social stigmas around smoking. Those stigmas were built on a foundation that attacked the health effects of cigarettes, cigarettes off-putting smell, and the dangers of secondhand smoke. Juul Labs claims to offer a solution to all of these issues: Their product is supposedly safe, odorless, and there is no secondhand smoke.
Is Juul Bad For You?
There are a number of factors that can be attributed to Juul’s ability to break through the flooded e-cigarette market and establish itself as the leading brand for e-cigarettes, but the largest contributing factor is Juul Labs’ successful ‘healthy alternative’ advertising campaign.
Through the campaign, Juul Labs advertises its staple product as a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes, and an effective way to quit smoking. But, according to a study published in the American Journal of Physiology, the chemical flavorings and additives in e-cigarettes can potentially cause more damage to the lungs than the damage caused by conventional cigarettes.
Not only that, but the concentration of nicotine in each Juul pod is also a major cause for concern – it is one of the issues being fought in the Juul lawsuit.