Juul Vape Pens Should Have Been Classified as a Medical Device

Attorneys suing Juul are seeking to have vape pens declared a medical device since they deliver (Nicotine) and should be subject to FDA approval

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - Executives at Juul Inc. claim that they are serving the public with the Juul e-cigarettes which are helping thousands of smokers wean themselves from traditional combustible cigarettes. One attorney suing Juul, however, claims that the company's motives have always been not so much as to help adults quit smoking, but instead to hook millions of young adults on nicotine, the active ingredient in Juul's vape cartridges. According to Business Insider, Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Schlesinger told the news: "the FDA's there to approve any drug you want to put on the market," he continued. "Nicotine's a drug. Do you want to put it on the market through an electronic delivery device? Get approval, and support the public health [ecosystem], and let doctors prescribe it." Juul Vape lawyers offer a free no obligation consultation.

Juul has succeeded in hooking approximately 5 million teens and pre-teens on nicotine for life. The number of youngsters in middle and high school is in the millions nationwide as there are reports that teenagers admit that one in four students actively use e-cigarettes. The vaping crisis is only getting worse as adults stand behind e-cigarettes as the only thing that prevents them from going back to smoking combustible cigarettes. Young adults continue to vape and are unaware that they have become addicted to nicotine, a dangerous drug linked with tobacco addiction. Thousands of students have been taken to hospital emergency rooms with serious lung illnesses and many have died as a result of vaping. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention around 50 Americans have died from vaping-related lung injuries and about 2,500 others have sought emergency medical treatment as a result of vape-related lung problems. One student was recently forced to undergo a double lung transplant and the surgeon said: "the youngster had the lungs of an 80-year-old smoker."

Lawyers for those who have been injured by e-cigarettes and vaping are starting to file lawsuits against the pseudo-tobacco companies like Juul Inc. The history of Juul's largest stockholders Phillip Morris and Altria would lead one to believe that the company never intended to help adults quit smoking but instead was seeking to re-open the teenage market to their new nicotine delivery product as they had done with cigarettes decades before. Along those lines, the company has directed an insidious marketing campaign targeting underage teenagers on social media. One teenager interviewed reported that she got started vaping from watching social media advertising showing teenagers using the product and having fun making no mention of the nicotine content of the device. Teenagers that are now hooked on nicotine are filing lawsuits against Juul Inc. whose earning approached $4 billion in 2018, for failing to warn of the nicotine content of the devices. A single vape cartridge can contain the equivalent of one pack of traditional cigarettes and some go through several cartridges per day.

More Recent JUUL Vape Pen Lawsuit News:

• Teenagers Who Vape Should Seek Nicotine Addiction Treatment Immediately | 4/8/2020
• The Federal Trade Commission Sues To Reverse Altria's $13 Billion Investment in Juul | 4/2/2020
• Cigarettes Smoking, Vaping, And The Novel Coronavirus Cause Irreparable And Permanent Lung Damage | 3/26/2020
• Juul In School Is The YouTube Search You Need To Make | 3/24/2020
• Teenagers' Vape-Related Lung Damage Could Worsen Covid-19 Virus Symptoms | 3/23/2020
• New Study Finds That Teen Vape Users Are Unaware Of Juul's Nicotine Content | 3/17/2020
• A Coalition of State Attorney Generals Join Others Investigating Juul Advertising to Minors | 3/13/2020
• Juul Added Nicotine Salts To Their E-Cigarettes To Make Them More Addictive | 3/6/2020
• Juul Was Never Intended To Be a Smoking Cessation Device According To Company Insiders | 2/27/2020
• Individual Juul Lawsuits Being Filed On Behalf Of Nicotine-Addicted Teenagers | 2/22/2020
• The State of Massachusetts Is Suing Juul | 2/17/2020
• Lung Experts Say Vaping Harms the Lungs, Heart, and Brain | 2/13/2020
• Toothless Vape Flavor Cartridge Ban Goes Into Effect | 2/7/2020
• Juul Inc Is Being Accused of Destroying The Health of the Younger Generation | 1/30/2020
• Vaping Illnesses Now Include Increasing the Risk of Stroke | 1/27/2020
• Chemical Additives Should Be Banned From Vape Cartridges | 1/21/2020
• Doctors Report E-Cigarettes Cause Severe Lung Damage | 1/17/2020
• School Districts Are Suing Juul For Getting Students Hooked On Nicotine | 1/15/2020
• Most Teens Are Unaware That Vaping is Addictive | 1/14/2020
• Juul Vape Pens Deliver a Nicotine Punch as Powerful as a Pack of Marlboros | 1/10/2020
• Juul Directly Advertised to Students in the Classroom With Fake Anti-Smoking Presentations | 12/24/2019
• Vaping May Only Be A Fad Among High School Kids But Has Created a Generation Addicted to Nicotine | 12/9/2019
• The AMA Calls For Total and Immediate Vaping Ban | 12/2/2019
• Vaping Teen Undergoes Double Lung Transplant | 11/13/2019
• Juul Vape Targeted Underage Teens With Social Media Marketing | 11/5/2019
• Contaminated Juul Vape Pods May Have Led To Vaping Illness Epidemic | 11/1/2019
• Teenagers May Have Difficulty Quitting Vaping | 10/18/2019
• Vaping Causes Lung Injuries Similar To WWII Mustard Gas | 10/14/2019
• America's Most Respected Health Organizations Report The Dangers of Vaping | 10/7/2019
• Juul Used Social Media To Target Under-aged Middle School and High School Teens | 10/4/2019
• Juul CEO Resigns and Walmart Stops Selling Vape Pens | 9/26/2019
• Add Massachusetts To The List of States That Have Banned Vaping | 9/25/2019
• Consumers Stock Up On Flavored Vape Pods Anticipating a Nationwide Ban | 9/23/2019
• Illnesses From Using The Juul Vape Could Be In The Thousands | 9/16/2019
• Governor Cuomo To Ban Vaping In New York State | 9/10/2019
• Vaping Has Been Declared a Public Health Emergency | 9/5/2019
• Teenagers Are Adding Dangerous Chemicals to Their Vape Pen Liquids | 8/30/2019
• Juul Labs Accused of Targeting Children | 8/22/2019
• The FDA Addresses Vaping With TV Ads | 8/14/2019
• Vape Pen Usage and Nicotine Addiction Is Exploding Among Young Adults | 8/8/2019

Lawyers for JUUL Vape Pen Lawsuits

OnderLaw, LLC is a St. Louis personal injury law firm handling serious injury and death claims across the country. Its mission is the pursuit of justice, no matter how complex the case or strenuous the effort. The Onder Law Firm has represented clients throughout the United States in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation such as Pradaxa, Lexapro and Yasmin/Yaz, where the firm's attorneys held significant leadership roles in the litigation, as well as Actos, DePuy, Risperdal and others. The firm has represented thousands of persons in these and other products liability litigation, including DePuy hip replacement systems, which settled for $2.5 billion and Pradaxa internal bleeding, which settled for $650 million. The Onder Law Firm won over $300 million in four talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuits in St. Louis to date and other law firms throughout the nation often seek its experience and expertise on complex litigation.