#StopJuuling

About

#StopJuuling is a hashtag associated with a series of TikTok videos about quitting vaping, more specifically vaping Juuls. Although the trend started out in early summer 2019, after news of the potential vape ban in September 2019, more TikTok users posted videos in which they destroy their vaping device or make skits surrounding the vape ban.

Origin

Although the origin of #StopJuuling is unknown the earliest known TikTok video which included the hashtag was uploaded on June 20th, 2019 by @zjayneee (shown below). The video which gained over 70 likes in three months features the user throwing their Juul out a window.

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On July 7th, 2019, @gavinkelley6 posted a video with hashtag #StopJuuling in which they shoot a Juul out of someone's mouth with a nerf gun (shown below, left). On August 27th, after the initial confirmation that many could be sick from vaping @hannahriichman made a video in which she tied her Juuls to a balloon and let them float away (shown below, center). The video gained over 400 likes in two weeks. On September 6th, @vikkistayssaucy uploaded a video in which she accused vaping of cause a foot problem (shown below, right). The video gained over 110,500 likes and 4,900 shares in a week. Many more TikTok users uploaded videos of themselves in hospitals claiming it was because they were Juuling.

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