Team Members

Catresa Barlow & Wan-Ting Tsai

Data

Our project focuses on smoking among youth and young adults. We wish to learn how tobacco companies communicate with this population and how this population communicates among itself on the subject of e-cigarettes. Our team will use the RedditExtractoR API to collect our data. We will extract discussions from the following subreddits. https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigarette/, https://www.reddit.com/r/vaporents

Problem Description

Tobacco use among youth and young adults represents a major public health concern in the United States. “More than 95% of addicted smokers start before age 21”. Nicotine changes the receptor in the adolescent brain and creates lifelong addiction. (Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, 2019). Although the use of conventional tobacco products by youth and young adults declined in recent decades, the Centers for Disease Control reports an increase in the use of “emerging tobacco products” like e-cigarettes among this population (Office of the Surgeon General, 2016).

E-cigarettes entered the US markets in 2007 (Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, 2019) and use among youth and young adults has increased steadily since the product’s introduction (Office of the Surgeon General, 2016). Sweet flavors like candy apple, bubble gum, marshmallow, cherry cola, smores, chocolate, orange soda, and taffy entice young people to try these products. Online availability of flavored tobacco products makes these products easily accessible by minors (Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, 2019).

Tobacco companies employ social media to market their products to youth and young adults. Cessation and prevention campaigns require an understanding of how this population communicates about and uses these products. We may gain insight into tobacco marketing and patterns of use by analyzing social media platforms.

Analytics Plan

Our team will use text mining techniques to surveil e-cigarettes users under 25 years of age who post content on Reddit. The goal is to understand how youth and young adults discuss topics of reasons for use, harm perception, frequency of use, flavorings, ad exposure, and quitting experience.

We will employ sentiment analysis algorithms (e.g. coreNLP, cleanNLP, sentimentr) to analysis positive and negative words/sentences used to describe e-cigarette products. We will also look at word frequencies to compare frequencies across different posts/discussions. We will analyze which words occur most often in discussions to identify emerging products and trends.

Evaluation Plan

Quantitatively: We will calculate a term’s tf-idf analysis to measure the importance of various words used. By analyzing word importance, we can understand the language used to describe e-cigarettes and identify trends. We will use ggplot2 to visualize rank, term frequency, and the term frequency distribution. For the sentiment analysis, we will calculate net sentiment of post/discussions and plot the results.

Qualitatively: We will also graph the co-occurrence and correlation between words. This analysis will provide an understanding of e-cigarette use as well as foster discovery of new e-cigarette patterns or trends. We will visualize both types of relationships as networks using the ggraph package.

Sample Code

#install.packages("RedditExtractoR")
library(dplyr)
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library(RedditExtractoR)

target_urls <- reddit_urls(search_terms="e-cigarette", subreddit="electronic_cigarette", cn_threshold=50)
target_df <- target_urls %>%
  filter(num_comments==min(target_urls$num_comments)) %$%
  URL %>% reddit_content # get the contents of a small thread
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target_df$comment
##   [1] "The FDA does not care about teenagers vaping. They just care about tobaccos profit margins. \n\nWhy is cotton candy vodka legal? Why do they allow cigarettes to be sold at gas stations? "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##   [2] "&gt;They just care about tobaccos profit margins. \n\nI think you are wrong. At least partially wrong...\n\nI think they care about the *taxes* collected by the government (they are a government agency after all) from tobacco sales.\n\nAs I've mentioned in this sub before, tobacco excise taxes are a brilliant tax collection method.\n\nFirst, the tax is paid *before* the manufacture even ships the product to the wholesaler, it's also very easy to keep track of how much \"product\" is created, with very little effort (ATF labor).\n\nSecond, the wholesaler must pay for the state and local taxes (the \"tax stamp\" on packs of cigarettes) *before* they are allowed to sell their product to retailers. Again it's very easy to know *exactly* what the wholesaler has/owns as it's reported and tracked by the manufacture *and* the ATF.\n\nLastly, at the retailer level a *final tax* (sales tax) is applied.\n\n(That's right, cigarettes are **triple** taxed, and last time I looked they were the highest taxed luxury good in the US.)\n\nThe Federal and State governments are losing *billions* of dollars from people quitting and switching to vaping. It's easy to tax cigarettes there aren't many manufactures and they know *exactly* where the tobacco farms are (they are USDA regulated, another government agency).\n\nThe tobacco industry *and* the Government has worked hand in hand for decades, and it's a mutually beneficial arrangement. And it means big money for *both* of them.\n\nThey have yet to find an easy way to apply these taxes to the vaping industry. (Easy being the key word here. I has to be easy and cheap to maximize government tax revenue.)"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##   [3] "Perfect analysis."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##   [4] "And states' compensation from the tobacco settlement.  \n\nThat isn't incentivising the FDA so much, but it's a good reason for states to regulate vapes as aggressively as they can get away with."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
##   [5] "^ This man knows his Tobacco Industry and its associated shakedowns!"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##   [6] "Family owned wholesale cigarette, tobacco, candy, and grocery (etc) business, I was 3rd generation. \n\nI literally grew up in it, started working when I was about 9. It was all normal dinner table talk growing up.\n\nBeen out of the business for over a decade now. It hasn't changed much.\n\nThe *truth* is that for all the lip service the various Governments have paid to \"health\" and how they have to raise taxes to support \"tobacco related illnesses\" smokers are addicts, and an easy mark for tax increases. \n\nThey've gone back to the well over and over (and over) again. Non-smokers will *always* vote to increase taxes on those \"dirty\" smokers. Smokers are addicts, they will keep buying.\n\nThe money of course doesn't really go into healthcare. It goes into the general fund with all the other taxes.\n\n*Everyone* is going to get old, sick and die eventually, smoker or not. Most will end up on Medicare. The cost will be there regardless. In fact smokers likely die a little faster (and therefore cost a little less) than non-smokers in the end.\n\n\n*But* they have come to rely on this income. I have two predictions. 1) Vaping will be taxed. They really want something easy. Something pre-packaged. Something like Juul's products. The tax will be placed on the \"pods\". Juice will also be taxed (much like pipe or chewing tobacco is). 2) Weed will be legalized *Federally* and taxed in a similar method.\n\nAlcohol also falls under this sort of taxation. \n\n&gt;Federal excise tax revenues\024collected mostly from sales of motor fuel, airline tickets, tobacco, alcohol, and health-related goods and services\024totaled $83.8 billion in 2017, or 2.5 percent of federal tax receipts.\n\n&gt;Revenue from tobacco taxes totaled $13.8 billion in 2017, accounting for 16 percent of all excise tax revenue. Federal excise taxes are imposed on tobacco products, which include cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco. The tax is calculated per thousand cigars or cigarettes or per pound of tobacco, depending on the product. The tax equals about $1.00 per pack of 20 cigarettes. Cigarette papers and tubes are also subject to tax. Tobacco taxes are collected when the products leave bonded premises for domestic distribution. Exported products are exempt. Unlike other excise taxes collected by the IRS, alcohol and tobacco taxes are collected by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the US Treasury Department.\n\nThat does *not* include State and local taxes...\n\nhttps://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-are-major-federal-excise-taxes-and-how-much-money-do-they-raise\n\n"
##   [7] "They allow gas stations to sell cigs because they are heavily lobbied by Big Pharma, which sells treatments for diseases caused by smoking.  Big Pharma is threatened by the success of vaping over their own mediocre stop-smoking products (which are designed to fail in most cases).  Big Tobacco, however, is embracing e-cigs."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##   [8] "Actual candy itself is terrible for your health. Sugar consumption is causing massive health issues in the western world. "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##   [9] "Why don't they listen to the thousands of us that say flavors were crucial in converting to vape? I know it helped me a ton."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [10] "Because we aren\031t paying the tobacco tax so they don\031t care. "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
##  [11] "No we are not. Also think about the hit Pharma would take in not being able to.offer treatmemt"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
##  [12] "Can they just sell flavorless ejuice and include flavor shots separately?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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##  [14] "Gud bless Merica!"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##  [15] "Fuckin americunts"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##  [16] "My local shop sort of does this.  The new laws are so restrictive that if they do even a packaging change the juice has to go through testing again and taxes are fairly high on the nicotine, so to make higher nic levels available they sell pure nicotine in a tiny bottle alongside 0mg juice.  They don't mix it for you so they're technically not a manufacturer."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [17] "That seems like a very easy way for someone to get sick from using too much nicotine"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##  [18] "Nah.  Most vape shops sell in the UK sell their liquids like this.  You get a 50ml 0% bottle of flavoured juice, and a separate 10ml, 18%, un-flavoured nic shot.  There is enough space in the 50ml bottle to empty the nic shot into it.  "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [19] "This is also correct for the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany (don't know for other parts of Europe). But from the first of June this year ALL bottles of 10ml &gt; are banned in the Netherlands. This includes flavors, base (without nic) and nic (already had been like that for 3y now).\n\nThis means what you describe (Shake and vape) is also going to dissappear here. Shake and vape is like a 50ml nicless bottle with flavour where you throw a shot of nic in (10ml). This won't be allowed anymore. "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
##  [20] "Can they really ban bottles of pg and vg? If not, can't the shops sell plain base, with multiple maximum sized bottles of flavour shots and nic?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
##  [21] "Ooh, I didn\031t know this. \n\nSo presumably, they\031ll start selling mic shots in bottles over 10ml?  "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [22] "Zero nic eliquid is still treated as a tobacco product by FDA.\n\nNB4 *that's bullshit!*\n\nYeah.  I know."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##  [23] "That's what they do in the UK with \"nicshots\" we buy \"shortfill\" ejuice , so there's 40ml in a 50ml bottle, you buy a 10ml 18mg shot that contains nicotine and VG and you mix yourself at home, making your juice 3mg nicotine . \nSurely they could label the juice as \"mild tobacco\" make it almost tasteless and sell flavour shots. "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [24] "I'm glad someone posted a solution to this lol I was freaking out for a min"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
##  [25] "50ml in a 60ml bottle, not 40 in 50.\n\n&amp;#x200B;"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##  [26] "And it dampens the flavor and often mixes unevenly, in my experience. Fight this while you still can, Americans "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
##  [27] "This won't be banned in the UK? In the Netherlands Shake and vape will also be banned. Any bottle that is meant for vaping with more than 10ml is banned here from June first (so the shop can sell everything till that date) "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [28] "Can they sell flavored swishers and the like in PA? Would be hypocritical to allow grape swisher sweets but say that peach coconut vape juice is no good. "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##  [29] "They sell all flavored swishers in PA and they just started allowing alcohol to be sold in gas stations. You can buy grape swishers and a Jamaican Me Crazy Seagrams, but I guess fruity flavored vape juice is the devil"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [30] "The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is all sorts of wierd going back to post prohibition blue laws.  Beer is being sold at \"select\" (about 10 statewide) gas stations.  That's under a class E license which limits the transaction to 180 ounces and covers only beer.  You would need a class D license previously reserved for \"distributors\" to sell at greater volume.  There's class R that allows for the sale of wine too but it requires a certain restaurant space  square footage for food prep and seating.  A lot of grocery stores have added a \"beer garden\" that sits empty. Some gas stations like sheets and wawa already meet that requirement.  Liquor (to go) can only be bought at state stores.  There's a whole host of lawsuits mainly by distributors who's business model relies on the being the only place to get cases and kegs.   "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [31] "&gt; Would be hypocritical\n\nSee: alcohol and tobacco.  now look at cannabis (and many other schedule 1 substances).  This is the government we're talking about after all.\n\nI do think that loopholes like this would probably work at least for a while though."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##  [32] "Alcohol is already a headache. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is all sorts of wierd going back to post prohibition blue laws.  Beer is being sold at \"select\" (about 10 statewide) gas stations.  That's under a class E license which limits the transaction to 180 ounces and covers only beer.  You would need a class D license previously reserved for \"distributors\" to sell at greater volume.  There's class R that allows for the sale of wine too but it requires a certain restaurant space  square footage for food prep and seating.  A lot of grocery stores have added a \"beer garden\" that sits empty. Some gas stations like sheets and wawa already meet that requirement.  Liquor (to go) can only be bought at state stores.  There's a whole host of lawsuits mainly by distributors who's business model relies on the being the only place to get cases and kegs.   "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
##  [33] "Hmm so the FDA ordered all B&amp;M shops would have to write down the full ingredients list and process of production for every single individual house made liquid, and then pay a HEFTY, outrageous, absolutely pure bullshit amount of money per flavor if they wanted to keep them on the shelves....and now they want to ban flavors...?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [34] "FDA can go fuck them selves"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
##  [35] "This is absolute BS. I already hate the FDA as it is but this is the icing on the cake. I was a former heavy smoker. I switched to vaping and my only inventive is the fact that inhaling something fruity tastes better than tobacco otherwise I'd just go back to cigarettes. Also... There are fruit flavored tobaccos/blunt raps.. Are they targeting children? What about cotton candy flavored vodka?! "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [36] "Government mad at losing their tax revenues on tobacco. They will *try* to ban all this stuff but good luck.\n\nTobacco, as a plant -- tough to grow, cure, and prepare for personal use.  Mixing some Propylene Glycol, Vegetable Glycerin, and food-grade flavoring, all of which are available everywhere... so easy anyone could do it.\n\nOnce again, technology will win as the slow, lumbering bureaucracy that is our unwieldy federal government will be left in the dust.  Might even be part of why Trump &amp; Cain are pushing for moving back towards the gold standard -- cryptocurrencies are starting to get issued with real-world assets backing them."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [37] "That\031s just ridiculous I\031ve heard that some cities only have tobacco and flavor less \034flavors\035 like WTF"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
##  [38] "Lobbying is bribery. Merica"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
##  [39] "It's not like it's much better in Europe, in Portugal at least you'll pay 5 euros for a 10ml 18mg nic shot while it's like 1 euro in Spain, can't order eliquid online even without nicotine due to the 'may contain nicotine' warnings so you'll get fucked. Plus even buying tanks or anything outside of the country can get you a 2000 euro fine, so it's like a battle of who can be the most greedy pieces of shit in setting rules to make people stay on cigarettes."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [40] "Fuck america"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [41] "&gt;Vape shops already were penalized with a 40 percent tax on products that must be passed on to customers, he said. That has already caused many businesses to shut down in Pennsylvania.\n\nI hate sound like a broken record but that's all kinds of misleading.  It's limited to juice and the tax is on what the store pays wholesale, not what it charges retail customers.  Ask a DIYer how much juice costs to make.  "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [42] "I've done that math.  I got right around $50 a gallon, but that doesn't include bottles or labelling, and I think that would be significant in context if those are taxed also."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [43] "Most B&amp;Ms near me are charging around $25/60ml.  "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
##  [44] "Okay so if the shop has to pay the massive tax all on their end, then either that shop is going to take a massive and permanent loss in profits or they are going to be forced to raise product prices to make up for lost profit. These extra taxes would be reflected in product price. "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##  [45] "That's true.  Taxes are reflected in the price of everything.  My point is that the only thing taxed at the moment is juice which should have a very high mark up."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
##  [46] "Would it be legal to sell the food grade flavours as a package with flavourless juice, and just have them add the flavour to the juice and mix?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [47] "I feel for them so much. I had my dream job for a year up u till around 8 or 9 months ago working a small vape shop with just me and my boss/friend. But we met with the owner when he came to town for a monthly visit, discussed possible upcoming regulations, and had to come to the decision that it was smarter to not sign a new lease, sell what we could, then market the rest off to other stores and get out before the government forced us to go under eventually. The worst part is that we, and the other shop in town that closed due to this fear were perfect when it came to ID checking and not selling to under 21s (Ca so 21 plus age requirement). Both myself and my boss, plus the guy who ran tbe other shop on his own were bouncers or had been bouncers so we knew how to spot a fake a mile away. Meanwhile the shops that I have personally seen sell to underage users are running strong and completely unfazed by it all. The people causing the problem dont care because kids will still want the bongs and whatever ecigs they sell, so flavors or not they are still making a living. But shops that were actually doing the right thing, and chose not to also sell things for pot, are closing left and right. Plus gas stations will still sell a pack or Juul to a teen no thought about it. \n\n(Also just to be clear, I didn't mention the not selling weed stuff as some knock against it. I like pot, but it bars us from selling to the large military crowd in town so we chose to stay out. However any shop selling bongs and all the other paraphernalia that also happens to sell vapes doesn't really care about all this because they still have a perfectly viable business.)"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
##  [48] "So if you sell e-liquid without nicotine in it is that still considered a tobacco product?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##  [49] "If e-cigs are unable to be purchased by minors. Adults are responsible for their children. It is insane that adults can't buy for themselves."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [50] "As a PA resident, I see no validity in this outrage we vapers are having.  We did this to ourselves \n\nInstead of getting off our asses, putting our money where our mouths were, writing our representatives directly (which has proven at the very least somewhat effective across the pond) and making sure that our representation was aware that if they didn't isten to the fact that this is an issue we care very much about they wouldn't get our votes, we instead were content with signing up for bullshit mailing lists like CASAA (which in theory are wonderful, but in practice do absolutely nothing unlike directly appealing to those who are reliant on your votes) and whining on forums like Reddit and ECF.  And this is where it has led us.\n\nThere is a reason I have been saying for years that if you want to support your local b&amp;M's, forget hardware and buy juice there.  That is where their profits come from and how they stay alive.  A bottle here and there instead of a bottle online once in a while goes a long way... But the timeframe on that was limited because we refused to get of our asses and fight for the fact that flavor had as much to do with getting off smokes as anything else (even more so in some cases) and instead just continued to whine about it in the online community, which did nothing to help.  The politicians aren't reading the forums; they have open phone lines and email accounts that they must pay attention to, and we we're too lazy to use them.  \n\nWe sowed the seeds, and now we will bear the mangled fruit that grows from the arid land we prepped for such a purpose.  We have no one to blame but ourselves.\n\nWith that said, although it may be too late, it may not be.   We can still call those representatives.  We can still point to the internationally recognized health services that have vouched for vaping as an alternative to smoking.  We can still try to change the coming tide, but the longer we wait, the more likely it is that we will be swept away by that riding tide and drown alongside many other causes that have been crushed for not very good reason.\n\nThis is on us.  The sooner we accept that, the sooner everyone realizes that consequences are coming, the sooner we realize the can will not be kicked further down the road, and the sooner we realize that we either make a concerted effort to change things or the industry we have come to love dies as we know it."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [51] "It's already hitting 80s here in Virginia. Definitely a no leaving it in the car.  Interesting that Vaporesso commented but nothing about his battery."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [52] "Eh, sure, it's not that good, but a lithium ion can be \"safely\" discharged up to 60C(140f). stationary, you could get it up to 75C(167f). Then it wouldn't even spontanously combust, the fuse would bust, rendering it useless. it shouldn't catch fire untill around 130C(266f)\n\nin 26c(80f) weather, the car will heat up to about 60c(140f) in less then an hour, and i'm not sure how much hotter it will get. \n\nSo, unless the battery was extremely faulty, the heat shouldn't have done too much."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [53] "That's really useful information thanks! I'm not in the habit of leaving my vape in the car but it does get in the triple digits here sometimes in the summer. Thanks!"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [54] " I just did some amateur research, don't take anything I said as a fact. Batteries can be very fickle, so you always gotta be careful."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [55] "I rarely leave things to chance or luck but always appreciate information.   :-)"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
##  [56] "Just a tip, as I live in TX and deal with the heat frequently. You could leave your vape in your car in the heat and it would probably be fine battery wise, but the juice will thin out a little as it gets hot and it will leak everywhere. So you may not explode, but you\031ll have a juicy car"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##  [57] "Hmmmm juicy.. ;-)   Good point!"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [58] "This is too true, hate when it happens"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [59] "But at what temperature do paper thin battery wraps split?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##  [60] "??  Do you think your wrap is stopping it from exploding? The wrap does nothing but isolate positive from negative, and most mods have plastic battery casing to prevent shorting."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
##  [61] "In a dual cell mod if two unwrapped cells touch you have a 4.2v voltage differential...."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
##  [62] "Alright, I didn't think about that. But to be fair, in non of my mods my cells touch."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
##  [63] "Not to mention they are shipped from China on boats in non climate controlled steel shipping containers. Then transported across the country in the same containers on the back of trucks or trains. I'm a firm believer that nothing can happen in your car that hasn't happened worse in a sealed, steel box on the sea for over a week and on the road for another week."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
##  [64] "Another hit piece. It's almost like batteries have risks or something. I could almost hear tobacco execs rubbing their hands together while reading that."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [65] "This is getting out of hand. They should really put warnings on those things or something.   ;)"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [66] "&gt; had not used it for four days  \n  \nThis probably didn't help things..."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [67] "And the fact it was just sitting in his cup holder, probably in direct sun light."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##  [68] "Why ?\n\nworst case scenario is it totally killed the cells, they now contain zero energy, certainly not a fire hazard.\n\nunless .. he left them charging for 4 days, thats my guess.\n\nstill should not be an issue, except car lighter to USB converters are made as cheaply as possible and might die on the high current of a charge, so I an going to guess they were on chatge and there was a failure of a USB supply putting out a higher voltage. If the mosfet in a buck supply fails then you get full input voltage on the output. USB charging chips generally have a max input voltage of 6v."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [69] "Probably not, though. I could be wrong, but most non-American cars turn off the car power when off and it was a Nissan which generally don't power devices plugged into them when off."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [70] "I wonder what his battery wraps looked like."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [71] "This and also which model he used, it sounds like he left it out in \"mild\" weather, which in tennessee it probably means the car was directly in the sun and wicked hot and greenhouse effect heated up and broke his wraps/device"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##  [72] "I live in NY and I'm already at the point where leaving the vape in the car is a no. It's barely 60 here, up and down for reference. When that sun is out, it gets warm in there."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##  [73] "60\xb0F is jacket weather here in Texas"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
##  [74] "I'm here in Austin and anything lower is when I start botching about how cold it is"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
##  [75] "Lol, this is morning I had to put on a long sleeve shirt on and it was in the mid 60\031s\n\nWe are definitely adapted for the heat and anything that isn\031t hot is cold, it\031s 73 now and there is a chill in the air."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
##  [76] "Then you have Wisconsin where shorts and tshirts are more common once it hits the 50s. Some guys like to wear shorts *all* year."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
##  [77] "Nice weather today though. Hello neighbor!"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
##  [78] "Howdy!"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [79] "I means it\031s about the same here depending on what season you are coming from. But even that \034low\035 the sun will warm up the inside of a car really well. And if there is a hotspot of focused sun beam that can be even worse"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [80] " 60\xb0F is 'ditch the jacket' weather in NY.  :)"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##  [81] "I'm in Memphis, we've had high 70s and mid-80s temperatures recently, though a couple of cold fronts bringing it down to the 50s and 60s as well."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##  [82] "\034Cold fronts\035"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
##  [83] "i could put naked cells in my vaporesso with no issues, they are not touching each other and the holder is entirely plastic, also car was parked, what mechanism can you conceive of where a bad wrap could cause this."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
##  [84] "They might still be in his trash, from when he took them off, before putting them in the mod."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [85] "Probably had efest 3500's in it"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
##  [86] "I saw a 6500 once and bought 20 of them\n\n/sarcasm"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
##  [87] "Are Efests bad? I bought a couple without doing any research, I just liked the colour."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [88] "You should ALWAYS do at least a little research before buying batteries. This is a potential example of why."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [89] "I have a vaporesso. I love it. Fingers crossed it doesn't explode in my face."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [90] "I have plenty power banks that have gone through hell and not once did I experience anything close to this. Are there extreme differences? I understand the differences but I would think they would be similar in nature..."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [91] "Who leaves a mod in their truck for 4 days? Did he even turn it off? Regardless of the weather the inside of a car or truck will get very warm. \n\nAnd oh no over 200 \034incidents\035 in almost 10 years! Seriously? It\031s probably the safest thing you could do. \n\nReally stupid posting"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
##  [92] "There it is!  You da man...\n\n200 incidents in 10 years is actually *fucking hilarious* in context.  \n\nThe amount of time it takes for cigarettes to cause 200 fires is....\n\nTwo weeks, roughly."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
##  [93] "&gt;mild weather\n\nNever heard of the greenhouse effect?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
##  [94] "It would be really cool if manufacturers of hardware had a built in system like Tesla cars do. When a Tesla's batteries are going to vent or get too hot, a warning will flash to the driver to exit the vehicle and call a service center. Not a hardware guy, so I couldn't comment on how hard this would be to implement, but I imagine some sort of voltage or amperage cut off would work? Maybe someone more in the know can comment."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
##  [95] "I\031ve seen batteries explode In laptops left in hot cars.   It\031s 80 outside it\031s well over 110 inside the car."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
##  [96] "&gt;A Mid-South man has a warning for anyone who uses e-cigarettes.\n\nYeah, don't leave them in a hot car..."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
##  [97] "I hate these stories! All grandstand and no details. \n\nThe article doesn't say what the device was: the video only show a quick shot of a box with the word \"Luxe\" on it. Anyone recognize this?"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
##  [98] "It was pretty clearly stated it's a vaporesso mod, probably the vaporesso luxe"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
##  [99] "Classic Tim!"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
## [100] "I like Tim, I rarely have a dish that isn't improved with a dash of salt lol. :-)"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
## [101] "Well this is scary! I am already paranoid about this kind of shit as it is."
network_list <- target_df %>% user_network(include_author=FALSE, agg=TRUE)
network_list$plot