{"id":4278,"date":"2019-08-25T01:48:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T01:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2020-05-14T21:43:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T21:43:06","slug":"juul-prepares-to-fight-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4278","title":{"rendered":"Juul prepares to fight San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?attachment_id=4279\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?fit=740%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"740,416\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"san francisco\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?fit=474%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-4279\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?resize=474%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?resize=100%2C56&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember the douchy Juul CEO who is so <a href=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4273\">awfully, terribly sorry<\/a> that teenagers use his product?<\/p>\n<p>Well, while researching douche-bro, I found out he&#8217;s preparing to go to war with San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco a few weeks ago was the first major city in the U.S. to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/06\/25\/735714009\/san-francisco-poised-to-ban-sales-of-e-cigarettes\">ban sales of e-cig products.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Juul, the No. 1 e-cig company in the world (it is actually partly owned by Altria, which makes Marlboro cigarettes), is based in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Douche-bro CEO Kevin Burns, who is so awfully sorry teens use his product after his company aggressively marketed Juuls on social media for years, said Juul is not leaving San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>From the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/Juul-vows-to-stay-in-San-Francisco-despite-13953163.php?psid=fi6g3\"> San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>As San Francisco officials prepare to consider a bill that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/San-Francisco-officials-seek-crackdown-on-13700259.php\">suspend the sale of e-cigarettes<\/a> in the city, the CEO of Juul Labs \u2014 the controversial, homegrown company that sells the majority of e-cigarettes in the U.S. \u2014 said he\u2019s committed to keeping the business and its fast-growing workforce in San Francisco.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-words=\"61\">\u201cYes, we\u2019re staying,\u201d Juul CEO Kevin Burns said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview with The Chronicle\u2019s editorial board. \u201cSan Francisco is our home. We want to be in San Francisco. We have 1,200 employees in San Francisco, a huge talent base in San Francisco. We want to be a resident, and I\u2019m hopeful we\u2019ll find a way to be a resident.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And beyond that, Juul is going to fight the city&#8217;s ban on selling vaping products. The company is sponsoring a sneaky voter initiative that is being presented as an anti-tobacco initiative. What it really is is a backdoor attempt to override San Francisco&#8217;s ban on e-cigarette sales.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/Juul-vows-to-stay-in-San-Francisco-despite-13953163.php?psid=fi6g3\">Chronicle:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Juul wants to place an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/Juul-seeks-San-Francisco-vaping-ballot-measure-13848844.php?psid=BUY\">initiative<\/a> on the November ballot that would essentially override [San Francisco&#8217;s e-cig sales ban], if it is passed, by ensuring that e-cigarettes could continue to be sold in San Francisco. The ballot measure is being framed as an attempt to further restrict tobacco sales to minors, but most of those restrictions are already in place under state law.<\/p>\n<p data-words=\"49\">Tobacco industry critics say Juul has used deceptive language, trying to frame the initiative as the last word in tobacco regulation in San Francisco by including the words \u201cComprehensive regulation of vapor products &#8230; the provisions of this initiative may only be amended by a vote of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-words=\"79\">Juul said the ballot measure, if passed, would prevent the Board of Supervisors from enacting an e-cigarette ban in the future \u2014 but it would not negate tobacco laws the city has already enacted, such as a ban on flavored tobacco that voters passed last year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, sneaky, sneaky, sneaky bastards, using the same sneaky doublespeak techniques that their overlord Altria and Philip Morris have used for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the douchy Juul CEO who is so awfully, terribly sorry that teenagers use his product? Well, while researching douche-bro, I found out he&#8217;s preparing to go to war with San Francisco. San Francisco a few weeks ago was the first major city in the U.S. to ban sales of e-cig products. Ironically, Juul, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4278\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Juul prepares to fight San Francisco<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[252,21,22,900,457],"tags":[591,902,458],"class_list":["post-4278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cig-bans","category-e-cigarettes","category-e-cigs","category-juul","category-san-francisco","tag-e-cigarettes","tag-juul","tag-san-francisco"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/san-francisco.jpg?fit=740%2C416&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-170","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4296,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4296","url_meta":{"origin":4278,"position":0},"title":"San Francisco refuses to overturn e-cig ban","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"November 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Juul, which ironically enough is actually based in San Francisco, helped finance a ballot measure to overturn the city of San Francisco's ban on selling e-cigarette products in the city. Well Juul ... you get NOTHING. The Juul-backed measure failed by 78 percent. Let me reiterate ... 78 fucking percent.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Juul&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Juul","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=900"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/san-francisco-flavor-ban-thumbnail-02.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/san-francisco-flavor-ban-thumbnail-02.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/san-francisco-flavor-ban-thumbnail-02.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/san-francisco-flavor-ban-thumbnail-02.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4185,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4185","url_meta":{"origin":4278,"position":1},"title":"FDA thinking about ban on vaping flavours; Juuls on the radar","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"September 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Oooh, I will DEFINITELY be keeping my eye on this one. The Food and Drug Administration is apparently mulling the possibility of banning vaping flavours and is reviewing any regulations that are needed for Juuls, as well. Juuls are a fairly new type of e-cigarette that doesn't look like an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;e-cig flavourings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"e-cig flavourings","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=901"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/flavored-e-cigs-1024x448.jpg?fit=1024%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/flavored-e-cigs-1024x448.jpg?fit=1024%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/flavored-e-cigs-1024x448.jpg?fit=1024%2C448&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/flavored-e-cigs-1024x448.jpg?fit=1024%2C448&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4273,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4273","url_meta":{"origin":4278,"position":2},"title":"Juul&#8217;s owner is so awfully sorry","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"August 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This happened a while ago, but I'm just now getting to it. I really got a kick out of it. And it pissed me off. The owner of Juul actually apologized for the role his company played in helping to popularize e-cig use by teenagers. It totally came off like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;e-cigarettes and kids&quot;","block_context":{"text":"e-cigarettes and kids","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?cat=894"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gallery_medium.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gallery_medium.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/gallery_medium.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4213,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4213","url_meta":{"origin":4278,"position":3},"title":"Altria now trying to buy into Juuls","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"December 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, this was as predictable as the day is long. I wrote a few days ago about how Altria is expanding its business to marijuana. Altria, which already owns the e-cigarette brand MarkTen, is now making a move to buy into the biggest e-cigarette brand out there, Juul. 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