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The once dominant ecigarette company faces more legal challenges and FDA scrutiny after a probe into whether it deceptively marketed to children and teens. https://media.wired.com/photos/631a3aa862435d269fdbda8d/master/pass/Juul-Settles-Youth-Vaping-Probe-Business-1182904739.jpg
Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $ 440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 U.S. states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
Pax Labs Juul told its employees on Dec. 11 that California-based employees can no longer vape at their desks, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company, based in San Francisco, is enforcing a 2016 California law in which e-cigarettes are banned in the workplace. Juul will erect a tent outside of its San Francisco […]
The FDA proposed restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes that are similar to policies that Juul adopted earlier this week. https://media.wired.com/photos/5becafd104298e59b368089d/master/pass/Juul-FDA-h_15136337.jpg
The e-cigarette maker says it will discontinue some flavors at retail outlets and shut down social media accounts ahead of an expected FDA crackdown. https://media.wired.com/photos/5beb4e94eb25730fe73727ee/master/pass/Juul-Stores-1045689480.jpg
Vaping giant Juul Labs Inc. is stopping its sales of some e-cigarette flavours in U.S. stores to deter use by kids and teens, but is not doing the same in Canada.
The agency cites risks of nicotine, particularly on young brains. “The FDA won’t tolerate a whole generation of young people becoming addicted to nicotine,” Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b99844508bfd37b327cfaca/master/pass/juule-teens-h_15044712-w.jpg
The vaping device has become a coveted teen status symbol and a growing problem in high schools and middle schools, spreading with a speed that has taken teachers, parents and school administrators by surprise.
