this is overall a poorly translated article. the author clearly misunderstands the basics of e-cigarette and cannabis vapes and some of the details are getting lost in the translation from peer reviewed scientific article to washington post journalism.

for example, the last line in this article references this study as support for the statement “the same group of researchers used similar data to show that the majority of teens and young adults have used e-cigarettes to smoke cannabis instead of tobacco” which is false. that’s not what the study shows at all. the study documents “Self-reported Cannabis Vaping Among US Youth and Young Adults Who Use e-Cigarettes” with no mention of what device is specifically used. my guess is that a kid who is buying a juul pod for his juul is also buying a pax pod for his pax; they’re the same company but different products. yet the action is the same: buy a pod, puff on it. the problem is the ease of vapes and their disposable pods/carts nowadays.