The Trending E-Cigarette That May Not Last Insight Into Juuls

(Track 1): College students may be notoriously cheap, but when it comes to those e-cigarettes called “juuls”, many don’t seem to mind spending a good portion of their money to maintain their habit.

(Student SOTs 1):

“I juul every single day”

“Um everyday I go through about a pod a day on average”

“Um well I go through a pod most likely in two, three days when I had my own juul and now it’s mostly using other people’s juul. ”

(Track 3):

And going through that many e-cigarettes usually means one thing.

(Student SOTs 3):

“If you do it everyday which is easy it becomes addicting without you even knowing it.”

“Oh yeah yeah it’s absolutely addictive yeah.”

“It is definitely addicting yes and there’s no denying that I mean their pods are super strong and like you know it’s the same as a pack of cigs so.”

(Track):

Medical professionals agree as well. Director of C-N-Y’s Regional Center for Tobacco Health Systems at St. Joseph’s Health Chris Owens is among those believers.

(Owens SOT):

A majority of those e-liquids have a substantial amount of nicotine in them.

(Track):

Owens adds that the health risks are more than just the addiction.

(Owens SOT):

What we’re finding more and more on a regular basis is that this is kind of a gateway to more traditional tobacco products where they start using the e-cig products because their friends are doing it, because it smells good, and that’s the gateway to become nicotine dependent.

(Track 4):

One student goes as far as to describe what withdrawing from it feels like.

(Student SOTs 4):

“Generally, what it feels like it’s you’re you’re just very on edge like I get angry at little things a lot more so I’m still able to like get work done and like function in day-to-day society but like I might snap at people or some stuff like that. ”

(Track 5):

Despite the addiction, many of the students feel that banning the sale of the flavored e-cigarette product would serve a good purpose.

(Student SOTs 5):

“I support it because like no one can deny that juuls and vaping have like introduced like an entire generation of teenagers to nicotine

“I think it’s probably a good idea in the end cause I think, I don’t know in the long run they’re gonna find out juuls aren’t that good for you.”

“Yeah I think that’s a smart thing I think uh what do you call it like all the uh, it’s a major reason why kids do it like uh because of the fruity flavor and stuff and the nicotine is like the after effect that kind of hooks them so it’s definitely smart to like kind of do as much as you can to like stop kids from using it.”

(Track):

Regardless of whether legislation bans the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, Owens says more doctors are doing what they can to keep kids aware.

(Owens SOT):

Now, a provider when they’re talking with their patient isn’t just asking do you smoke. There is a system for the provider where they can ask do you smoke cigarettes, do you use a smokeless form of tobacco, do you use an e-cig product, and so that just helps bring more awareness to the individual.

(Track 6):

E-cigarettes have a few factors that cigarettes never had: attractive advertising, various flavors, and a belief that they’re not as bad for you as other products. While there are extensive efforts to diminish those factors, it’s essential that users should be aware of the risks as well. I’m Quentin Lehn.