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ISSUE NO.12 FALL/WINTER 2020

THE TEEN VAPING EPIDEMIC Almost overnight, Juul became the leading provider in the burgeoning e-cigarette market. E-cigarettes use small heaters to transform liquid into a vapor, which the user then inhales. Some think that a kidfriendly marketing campaign which featured cartoon characters and bright colors, along with flavors like chocolate pudding and sweet butterscotch, may have contributed to the teen vaping epidemic. These flavored e-cigarettes may be even more harmful than the unflavored ones. Whomever is responsible, the teen vaping epidemic is definitely real. 10 percent of eighth graders regularly use e-cigarettes, and the percentage increases to 16 percent, or about one in six, of twelfth graders. As many as 20 percent of high school students have vaped at least once. These risks are not just theoretical. Recently, severe

nicotine as tobacco cigarettes. So, while vaping does

lung damage, which authorities linked to vaping, sent

not create the same problems as smoking, it multiplies

eight Wisconsin children to local emergency rooms.

the side-effects associated with nicotine addiction.

Doctors believe that toxic vaping clouds, which usually include high levels of nicotine and dangerous heavy metals, caused these injuries.

among children. For a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney, contact Napoli Shkol-

Many e-cigarettes contain four of five times as much

Photography by Vertolet (Bigstock).

E-cigarette use may cause serious injury, especially

nik PLLC. You have a limited amount of time to act.

$30M OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENT Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest manufacturers of generic opioids, and our client Cuyahoga County, Ohio, have reached a settlement on the eve of trial which is scheduled to begin in the multidistrict opioid litigation (MDL) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio later this month. Mallinckrodt will pay $24 million in cash and donate $6 million in drugs, including addiction treatment medications.

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