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What Parents Need to Know about JUULing, the Disturbing New Vaping Trend

Juul in Palm of Hand

It's so slim and compact, it could easily pass as a flash drive.

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Welcome to the next generation of high-tech smoking, where e-cigarettes now resemble sleek flash-drives and are so discreet that kids can actually vape right in class. JUULing, the latest public health nightmare, is highly addictive, easy to hide and spreading in popularity like wildfire. Many schools are even struggling to combat it, the New York Times reports.

What is JUUL?

JUUL is a new vaping device, released by PAX Labs in 2015 as a smoking alternative for adults. In 2017, JUUL Labs spun off as

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