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What Next | 2024 in Review: Wait, Is JUUL Banned or Not?

2024/12/24
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While the What Next team takes some rest, enjoy this episode, originally aired on June 12.

Two years ago, the FDA announced it was banning JUUL nicotine vapes from sale in the U.S.—and then quickly announced it was holding off on the ban to allow for review. How did regulating ecigarettes end up playing catch-up?

Guest: Jamie Ducharme), health correspondent at Time, author of *Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul. *)

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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.

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