[liampronan]

"Also, it isn't tobacco that is the big driver of juul sales. Weed is."

What do you mean by this? Juul doesn't sell weed products and is hugely successful because it has made nicotine addiction easier + more accessible (which is part of what the article argues).

[grandmczeb]

PAX labs owns the Juul brand and also sells weed vapes (under the PAX brand.)

[liampronan]

Juul was spun-off from Pax (unclear to me if Pax still owns a portion of it). And Juul's nicotine is the "big driver" of Juul's sales, not weed (as the commenter above claims)

[grandmczeb]

I have a friend who works at a competitor and according to him PAX still owned a majority after the spinout. Although, I tried looking it up and Philip Morris just bought a 35% stake, so this may no longer be true.

> Juul's nicotine is the "big driver" of Juul's sales, not weed

I agree, just trying to clarify that (at least at one point) the company that owns Juul also sold weed vapes.

[liampronan]

Ah interesting to hear, thanks! Guess it would've been a pretty big ball-drop to not continue to own a piece