California will receive nearly $176 million in a settlement with electronic cigarette company JUUL Labs, Inc., over advertising targeted at young people, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said this week.
California and five other states as well as the District of Columbia settled with JUUL for a total of $462 million, resolving multiple lawsuits over the company’s advertising of its nicotine-containing vape and e-cigarette products.
California will receive $175.8 million from the settlement, the most of the five other states, which will be invested into education programs about the harms of vaping, implementation of the state’s ban on flavored nicotine products and research into e-cigarette health effects on young people, according to Bonta’s office.
Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and New York were also included in the settlement.
“By using advertising and marketing strategies to lure young people to its products, JUUL put the health and safety of its vulnerable targets and the California public at risk,” Bonta said in a statement. “Today’s settlement holds JUUL accountable for its actions and puts a stop to its harmful business practices.”
The California Department of Justice, Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office and Los Angeles County filed a joint lawsuit in 2019 against JUUL for alleged violations of several state laws on privacy rights of minors, false advertising and unfair competition, according to Bonta’s office.
In a statement released Wednesday, JUUL argued the settlement is part of the company’s efforts to “resolve issues from the company’s past.”
JUUL has now settled with 47 states and territories for a combined amount of more than $1 billion. The company also cited data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey that underage use of JUUL products has also dropped by 95 percent since the fall of 2019.
“Now we are positioned to dedicate even greater focus on our path forward to maximize the value and impact of our product technology and scientific foundation,” the company said.
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Now how about the vaccine injuries? Marketing vaccines on Sesame st…superheroes where masks, etc..
There goes 176 million dollars down the drain.
Watch Gavin use the money for abortions.
That kind of lethal impact to a human body is acceptable. It is acceptable for the governor of this once great state to go around the country advertising to come here for the termination of vital signs (induced fetal demise) of a developing human, and promotes this with zeal.
Will Gavin’s wife get a contract to create the educational material?
We continually hear of big mega dollar fines imposed on corporations for allegedly doing bad things. The big question is: where does all that money go? My guess is that it gets pocketed by politicians, who use it for their own personal pet projects, done in an effort to promote and enrich themselves.
I’m sure our sensible elected officials will spend that money judiciously for the benefit of the maximum amount of the taxpaying public as possible.
Legalized Government extortion….
That’s called a donation. Who wants to bet Newsom or his family have invested money in Juul.
What about kids being allowed sex changes without parents consent, yet flavored Tabacco is a issue. This state is a joke. They give it free needles and dope supplies, yet have a issue with juul. What a joke
What about kids being allowed sex changes without parents consent, yet flavored Tabacco is a issue. This state is a joke. They give it free needles and dope supplies, yet have a issue with juul. What a joke. I keep trying to post this and it says duplicate
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