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California sues e-cigarette firm Juul for targeting minors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 08:27 AM

California announced Monday it is suing Juul, the United States' largest electronic cigarette manufacturer, for illegally targeting minors with its marketing campaigns. Read more »

Facing 'certain death', boy, 17, with vaping injury gets double lung transplant

Denise Grady, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 13 07:01 AM

A 17-year-old boy whose lungs were irreversibly damaged by vaping received a double-lung transplant at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a lifesaving measure taken when a patient’s own lungs are diseased or damaged beyond repair and there is no other hope of survival, doctors said Tuesday. Read more »

Juul ends e-cigarette sales of mint-flavored pods

Sheila Kaplan, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 08 09:27 AM

Juul Labs, the nation’s largest seller of e-cigarettes, said Thursday that it would stop selling mint-flavored pods, which have become especially popular among teenagers. Read more »

China calls for businesses to shut down e-cigarette online shops

Josh Horwitz, Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 08:05 PM

China's tobacco regulator on Friday issued a notice asking e-commerce platforms and businesses to shut online stores that sell electronic cigarette products, in a move aimed at stopping minors from purchasing e-cigarettes through the internet. Read more »

Juul knowingly sold tainted nicotine pods, former executive says

Sheila Kaplan and Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 31 09:19 AM

A former top executive of Juul is alleging that the electronic cigarette giant sold at least 1 million contaminated mint-flavored nicotine pods — and refused to recall them when told about the problem in March. Read more »

Juul suspends US sales of some flavored e-cigarettes

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 18 08:21 AM

The leading American maker of electronic cigarettes, Juul Labs, announced Thursday it is suspending sales of some flavored vaping products in the United States, as the US government prepares a nationwide ban. Read more »

Two school districts sue Juul over vaping 'epidemic'

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 09:03 AM

NEW YORK - Two public school districts on Monday sued Juul Labs Inc, accusing the company of endangering their students and draining their resources by marketing its addictive e-cigarettes to teenagers. Read more »

Amid US vaping crackdown, Juul enters China with online store openings

Reuters
Posted at Sep 13 06:55 AM

US e-cigarettes maker Juul Labs Inc, which faces a widening crackdown on vaping at home, has entered China, with online storefronts on e-commerce sites owned by Alibaba Group and JD.com to tap the world’s largest market of smokers. Read more »

San Francisco bans sales, manufacture of e-cigarettes

Andrew Marszal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 12:31 PM

LOS ANGELES - San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major US city to effectively ban the sale and manufacture of electronic cigarettes, as concerns grow over a sharp rise in vaping among youths. Read more »

It’s already the world’s most popular e-cig brand, but will Pinoys smoke it?

Bam Abellon
Posted at Jun 20 10:47 PM

The founder of Juul is in Manila to sell his option to cigarette smoking, even as he continues to defend its value amidst recent banning of e-cigarette sales in San Francisco, the home base of Juul’s parent company  Read more »