{"id":7968,"date":"2019-09-16T12:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=7968"},"modified":"2020-04-20T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:32:28","slug":"juul-may-not-be-a-polished-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/juul-may-not-be-a-polished-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"JUUL May Not Be a Polished Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Young smokers at risk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the midst of lawmakers pushing for a ban on e-cigarettes, a student, Maxwell Berger, has filed a lawsuit against JUUL Lab, Inc.\u00a0 The 22-year-old suffered a stroke in July 2017, and says the cause was related to his frequent e-cigarette use.\u00a0 Initially attracted to JUUL\u2019s different products and flavors, Berger started smoking in 2015 at the age of 18.\u00a0 Only a high school senior at the time, Berger was unaware of any potential side effects related to JUUL products.\u00a0 It is difficult to believe that a sleek, easy-to-use pen with a variety of tasteful flavors could ever cause a stroke in a young person.\u00a0 The lawsuit points the finger at JUUL\u2019s misleading marketing tactics that lure young smokers into using their e-cigarettes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Berger was a victim of the e-cigarette\u2019s attractiveness and quickly worked his way up to smoking two JUULpods a day, every 10 to 20 minutes throughout the day.\u00a0 Fervently addicted to the nicotine, it was a struggle<\/a> for Berger to function without it.\u00a0When he did attempt to kick the habit, he would become irritable and lacked control of certain movements of his body.\u00a0 The true end to his battle with nicotine was on July 8, 2017, when Berger suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to live day-to-day without full-time assistance.\u00a0He lost 50% of vision in both of his eyes, is paralyzed on the left side of his body, and has difficulties speaking.\u00a0He had to undergo several surgeries and was in the hospital for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n

JUUL commented on the lawsuit and insists the company does not encourage young people or non-smokers to use the products.\u00a0The company claims it only advertises to adults who are already smokers and are familiar with nicotine.\u00a0Regardless of JUUL Lab\u2019s intentions, e-cigarettes are accessible to young people who may not already be addicted to nicotine.\u00a0 Catastrophic injuries, such as those suffered by Maxwell Berger, could be prevented if users are properly and accurately warned of its effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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