Big Vape
The Incendiary Rise of Juul
Henry Holt and Co. · Print & ebook · June 7, 2022
“Fast-paced and impressively researched, this detailed account sings.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Summer (2021) A propulsive, eye-opening work of reporting, chronicling the rise of Juul and the birth of a new addiction It began with a smoke break.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow Juul’s rise through clear-eyed reporting that reads with the momentum of a nonfiction thriller.
- Themes
- Nicotine addiction, Big business and Big Tobacco
- Pacing
- Fast
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“Fast-paced and impressively researched, this detailed account sings.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Summer (2021) A propulsive, eye-opening work of reporting, chronicling the rise of Juul and the birth of a new addiction It began with a smoke break. James Monsees and Adam Bowen were two ambitious graduate students at Stanford, and in between puffs after class they dreamed of a way to quit smoking.
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Their solution became the Juul, a sleek, modern device that could vaporize nicotine into a conveniently potent dosage. The company they built around that device, Juul Labs, would go on to become a $38 billion dollar company and draw blame for addicting a whole new generation of underage tobacco users. Time magazine reporter Jamie Ducharme follows Monsees and Bowen as they create Juul and, in the process, go from public health visionaries and Silicon Valley wunderkinds to two of the most controversial businessmen in the country. With rigorous reporting and clear-eyed prose that reads like a nonfiction thriller, Big Vape uses the dramatic rise of Juul to tell a larger story of big business, Big Tobacco, and the high cost of a product that was too good to be true.
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Follow Juul’s rise through clear-eyed reporting that reads with the momentum of a nonfiction thriller.
Come here for
- A close look at business ambition colliding with public health
- Reporting on a product whose appeal carried serious consequences
Expect
- A sustained account of Juul’s rise and growing controversy
- The larger story of Big Business, Big Tobacco, and addiction
Where it sits
| Quitting Smoking | 35% |
|---|---|
| Corporate Histories | 34% |
| Public Health | 24% |
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Publisher categories
- Agribusiness
- Corporate Histories
- Public Health
- Authors
- Jamie Ducharme
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- June 7, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Nicotine addiction · Big business and Big Tobacco
- Reading lane
- Agribusiness