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Please join Levin Simes Abrams e-cig and vape lawyer Angela Nehmens at Mass Torts Made Perfect. On Friday October 5th at 12:35pm, Angela will run the e-cigarette breakout session and present on the current status of e-cigarette and vape mod litigation. Mass Torts Made Perfect is a conference held in Las Vegas. The conference is… Read More
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(October 2nd, 2018) Juul Labs, the manufacturer of the popular Juul vape, had their offices raided by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a surprise inspection. The FDA seized thousands of pages of documents related to marketing of Juul products. Juul Labs faces accusations and lawsuits that they illegally marketed their products to… Read More
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Juul Vape Lawsuit (September 11, 2018) Juul Labs, the manufacturer of the popular Juul vape, is facing lawsuits across the nation for their improper business practices and the defective design of the vape device. These include claims that Juul illegally marketed its products to minors who are particularly susceptible to developing lifelong nicotine addictions. Juul… Read More
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Vaping Doubles Risk of Heart Attack A new article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine titled “Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction” publishes the results of a study assessing the relative risk of heart attacks among various groups, including vapers and non-smokers. The researchers used National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS) from 2014 and… Read More
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Medical Researchers presented data on vape smoke on August 20th, 2018 at the 256th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The researchers collected saliva samples from 5 volunteers. Then the vape user engaged in a 15 minute vape session, after which their saliva was taken again. The researchers compared the DNA in… Read More
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