Some vape devices deliver more nicotine than cigarettes, and theyre being heavily marketed to youth as well as smokers trying to quit
A 2015 report from the National Academy of Medicine showed that raising the smoking age to 21 could prevent 223,000 deaths among those born between 2000 and 2019, including reducing lung cancer deaths by 50,000, according to the American Lung Association
The tobacco industry has strategically and aggressively targeted Black Americans with menthol cigarettes for decades, including by placing more advertising in predominantly Black neighborhoods and publications, appropriating Black culture in marketing, and by sponsoring events such as jazz and hip-hop festivals
Yet, four days before, the I-Team visited the business accompanied by an 18-year-old high school student and saw the young man was offered menthol Juul pods and flavored vape fluid
Also, its important to note that if all the prosecution has is a positive chemical test and theres no other evidence, the test usually wont be enough for a conviction