" Truth " Campaign to Kids: Better to Smoke 19 Cigarettes than to Vape One Juul Pod

And this " Truth " Campaign " Fact " Isn ' t Even TrueOne of the oft-repeated " facts " being disseminated by the " truth " campaign is thatone Juul pod is equal to 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine.More specifically, the " truth " campaign claims, as its#1 most important fact about Juul that: " The amount of nicotine in one JUUL cartridge is roughly equal to the amount of nicotine in a pack of cigarettes. "Joining the " truth " campaign in spreading this factual information is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whoseweb site currently states that: " a single JUUL pod contains as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes. "This " fact " has spread like wildfire. Just as one example, aparenting article in a news magazine writes: " Each JUUL pod contains the approximate equivalent to 1 pack of cigarettes, or 200 puffs. So, if a user goes through one JUUL pod a day, that is the nicotine equivalent of smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. "Similarly, the appropriately named " Scary Mommy " web sitewarns that: " one Juul “pod” contains 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine (that’s a pack of regular cigarettes). "It ' s not just scary mommy blogs that are disseminating this " critical fact " about Juul. The high tech-site " Inc. " has this to say about Juul: " The secret is its uniquely potent formula--a single pod containsroughly as much nicotine as a pack of smokes. "I could go on and on with examples. TheChicago Daily Herald reports that: " Most of Juul ' s...
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