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Juul – What you need to know Photo credit: JOSH VALCARCEL/WIRED

“…the I-Phone of e-cigs. ” – Wired magazine, April 21, 2015 “…tap the side of the device twice, and the LED light on the front blinks an indication of your remaining battery. ” “It charges in a tiny dock that slips into any USB slot, and there's something wonderfully satisfying about dropping it into the magnetic charger. ” “If you wave the Juul around, it lights up in a rainbow of colors. ” https: //www. wired. com/2015/04/pax-juul-ecig/

Current* Juul FLAVORS “Flavor Guide”-- 59 mg/m. L nicotine per ‘pod’ • • • Mango. Ripe mango with hints of tropical fruit. Cool Mint. Crisp peppermint with a soothing aftertaste. Virginia Tobacco. Rich, unmistakable tobacco. Fruit Medley. Peaches, grapes and berries with herbal notes. Creme Brulee. Vanilla cake, silky custard and crème brulee. • Limited Edition Classic Tobacco. Familiar, robust tobacco flavor with aromatic notes. • Limited Edition Classic Menthol. Traditional menthol flavor with a brisk finish. • Limited Edition Cool Cucumber with a hint of mint. www. juulvapor. com *accessed 4 -4 -

Juulpod Juice - Ingredients Our ingredients include glycerol, propylene glycol, natural oils, extracts and flavor, nicotine and benzoic acid. • Glycerol and Propylene Glycol have commonly used humectants in vaporization liquids, and also used in a number of consumer products like toothpaste. • Benzoic Acid is a naturally occurring acid found in the tobacco plant, which is a part of our proprietary formulation that makes JUUL the ultimate vaping experience. • As a policy, our development and manufacturing process does not add diacetyl and acetylproprionyl (or 2, 3 -pentanedione) as flavor ingredients. • Nicotine content: 0. 7 m. L with 5% nicotine by weight (59 mg/m. L per pod, ~ content of a pack of cigarettes). https: //support. juulvapor. com/home/learn/faqs/juulpods-juice

Juuls are designed to produce as much nicotine as a cigarette with each puff… “…at o ur scho ol they call it th e devil's usb lma o” …other e-cigs provide half as much nicotine on average.

How do nicotine salts work in e-liquid? This graph shows the Pax Labs test achieved similar blood nicotine content as traditional smoking. Image Credit: Engadget

Reasons why Juul e-cigs are popular with youth: • Discreet • Trendy • Looks like a flash drive • Comes in fun flavors • Gives a good “buzz” or head rush “i dropped m y juul once a nd a kid pick said here yo ed it up and u dropped y our lead hol mechanical der for pencils”

PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF E-CIGARETTES Conclusion 14 -1. There is conclusive evidence that e-cigarette devices can explode and cause burns and projectile injuries. Such risk is significantly increased when batteries are of poor quality, stored improperly or are being modified by users Conclusion 7 -1. There is substantial evidence that e-cigarette aerosols can induce acute endothelial cell dysfunction, although the long-term consequences and outcomes on these parameters with long-term exposure to e-cigarette aerosol are uncertain. Conclusion 8 -1. There is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use results in symptoms of dependence on ecigarettes Conclusion 16 -1. There is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use increases risk of ever using combustible tobacco cigarettes among youth and young adults. Conclusion 11 -4. There is moderate evidence for increased cough and wheeze in adolescents who use ecigarettes and an association with e-cigarette use and an increase in asthma exacerbations. Conclusion 16 -2. Among youth and young adult e-cigarette users who ever use combustible tobacco cigarettes, there is moderate evidence that e-cigarette use increases the frequency and intensity of subsequent combustible tobacco cigarette smoking. https: //www. nap. edu/