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April 14, 2022 04:02 pm
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/04/14/1545212/juul-to-pay-225-million-to-settle-washington-vaping-suit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=fee
Juul To Pay $22.5 Million To Settle Washington Vaping Suit
E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will pay Washington state $22.5 million and has agreed to a variety of reforms to prevent underage use and sales under a settlement announced Wednesday by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. From a report: Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit in September 2020, saying the country's largest e-cigarette company targeted underage consumers and deceived consumers about the addictiveness of its product. "Juul's conduct harmed Washingtonians," Ferguson said at a news conference in Seattle. "They harmed the youth of our state." Ferguson said that upon the product's launch in 2015, the company flooded social media with colorful ads, fueling a spike in use and nicotine addiction among teenagers. The percentage of vaping high school sophomores in Washington rose from 13% in 2016 to nearly 21% by 2018, according to Ferguson's office.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/04/14/1545212/juul-to-pay-225-million-to-settle-washington-vaping-suit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=fee
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