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> Last summer, with public concern about teenage vaping growing, Juul Labs paid a charter school organization in Baltimore $134,000 to set up a five-week summer
by roywiggins 7y ago
> Last summer, with public concern about teenage vaping growing, Juul Labs paid a charter school organization in Baltimore $134,000 to set up a five-week summer camp to teach children healthy lifestyles.
> The curriculum was created by Juul — maker of the very vaping devices that were causing the most alarm among parents, health experts and public officials.
> In April 2017, a Juul representative visited the Dwight School in New York City to meet with students — with no teachers present — and told them the company’s e-cigarettes were “totally safe.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/health/juul-teens-vaping.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/health/juul-teens-vaping....
- leetcrew 7y ago>> In April 2017, a Juul representative visited the Dwight School in New York City to meet with students — with no teachers present — and told them the company’s e-cigarettes were “totally safe.” this one is pretty damning, but it's only one occurrence. I doubt NYT would have held back if they had any more such anecdotes to offer. as for the rest of the article, the education programs seem a bit sketchy, but they could just as easily be a poorly conceived PR campaign.
- DanBC 7y ago> but they could just as easily be a poorly conceived PR campaign. We have decades of experience with terrible tobacco and alcohol companies and that's pretty persuasive that Juul knew what they were doing and didn't care.
- roywiggins 7y agoThey're 30% owned by Philip Morris. I'm sure they know exactly what they're doing.