Vaping device maker Juul pledges $7.5 million to research impact of e-cigarettes

NASHVILLE, Tn. - A historically black college in Tennessee is planning to research the impact of electronic cigarettes and vaping with a grant from vaping device maker Juul Labs. Juul has been under fire as teenage e-cigarette use has skyrocketed in recent years to the point that former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., called it "an epidemic."Meharry Medical College in Nashville says that it and Juul Labs have structured the $7.5 million grant in ways meant to ensu