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Is it better to have 10 kids smoking traditional cigarettes, or 1000 using Juul? But perhaps that's a false dichotomy. My worry is that by creating new addictio
by blowski 8y ago
Is it better to have 10 kids smoking traditional cigarettes, or 1000 using Juul? But perhaps that's a false dichotomy. My worry is that by creating new addictions, we will end up with 1000 using Juul AND 100 kids smoking traditional cigarettes.
I don't see how anyone gains from this, other than Juul's investors.
- gervase 8y agoGiven the existing socioeconomic patterns of smoking [0], I think this is the most likely scenario. Given a Venn diagram of people who smoke (low socioeconomic status) and people who "Juul" (high socioeconomic status [1]), the overlap in users is likely quite small. It doesn't seem like they're cannibalizing an existing market, as much as they are forging a new one. [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22092035 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22092035 [1]: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of-vaping-and-the-rise-of-juul https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/the-promise-of...
- Nursie 8y agoYour worry is unfounded, apparently. So far there's no evidence of e-cigs being a gateway to regular ones.