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It makes sense to me that their business specifically would be impacted here by corona. With Juul use being impacted with the lack of social outings/nightlife e

It makes sense to me that their business specifically would be impacted here by corona. With Juul use being impacted with the lack of social outings/nightlife eliminating many social use cases. Anecdotally, most consumption I've seen has been within contexts which have since been restricted. As well, given people's concerns about keeping their lungs healthy, I imagine 'discretionary' consumption of vapes would be down as well.

mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
It could also go up if more people are trying to quit smoking.
013a 6y ago
Anecdotally, the few vapers I have spoken to have, actually, substantially increased their consumption. At home all day, nothing to do, vaping is something you can pair with anything else. This has been corroborated with casual conversations with a local vape shop owner; they've never done better business, at least until the actual "shut your in-person shops down" a couple weeks ago here. People want to stock up, and they're consuming more. People quitting with the goal of keeping their lungs healthy may have an impact, but you could similarly move up the "addiction" chain and reasonably say that there's got to be a decent number of smokers who are looking at this coronavirus as the sign from god they needed to begin quitting. Juul, and vapes in general, are that next step. My suspicion is that this has little to do with the coronavirus, and more to do with lingering effects from the government pressure months ago. Juul stopped production of every decent flavor they had. Even long time Juul users I know have moved on from Juul and on to other products. They're, in essence, the lightning rod of the industry. Kids don't vape Juul anymore; they haven't for months. They're on cali bars, or even devices like the suorin air. Are those going to get the same pressure Juul did? Probably not. The zeitgeist has moved on.
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mandelbrotwurst 6y ago

It could also go up if more people are trying to quit smoking.

013a 6y ago

Anecdotally, the few vapers I have spoken to have, actually, substantially increased their consumption. At home all day, nothing to do, vaping is something you can pair with anything else. This has been corroborated with casual conversations with a local vape shop owner; they've never done better business, at least until the actual "shut your in-person shops down" a couple weeks ago here. People want to stock up, and they're consuming more. People quitting with the goal of keeping their lungs healthy may have an impact, but you could similarly move up the "addiction" chain and reasonably say that there's got to be a decent number of smokers who are looking at this coronavirus as the sign from god they needed to begin quitting. Juul, and vapes in general, are that next step. My suspicion is that this has little to do with the coronavirus, and more to do with lingering effects from the government pressure months ago. Juul stopped production of every decent flavor they had. Even long time Juul users I know have moved on from Juul and on to other products. They're, in essence, the lightning rod of the industry. Kids don't vape Juul anymore; they haven't for months. They're on cali bars, or even devices like the suorin air. Are those going to get the same pressure Juul did? Probably not. The zeitgeist has moved on.

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