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 Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul, directed by R.J. Cutler. The name alone pissed me off because of the implied conflation of Juul, which is not a tobacco company, with "Big Tobacco." The trailer is a feverish montage of talking heads and voiceovers accusing the company of being "wildly irresponsible," photos of hospitalized patients with bloody chest tubes, and a clip of James Monsees, one of Juul's founders, being called " a marketer of poison to young people” at a congressional hearing. So I was happily surprised when I was proven wrong. It was surprising when the first episode, which premieres on Netflix on October 11, showed the journey of how Juul was created and how the brilliance of the vaporizer's design was celebrated, not demonized. Star: Allen Gladstone In each of the four episodes, people unapologetically confront those who told lies about vaping, including infamous junk scientist Stanton Glantz. For tobacco harm reducers who lived throu...