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• 否认 — Juul

  As part of the agreement, however, Juul denies wrongdoing or the violation of any laws.

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• As part of the agreement, however, Juul denies wrongdoing or the violation of any laws.

• North Carolina's attorney general announced Monday that a $40 million settlement had been reached with e-cigarette maker Juul over its alleged role in fueling the "vaping epidemic" among young people.

• In 2019 he sued the company for designing, marketing and selling its e-cigarette products to attract young people. He also accused the company of misrepresenting the potency and danger of nicotine in its products.

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• Cigarette giant Altria is also included in the lawsuit.

• HOUSTON – The Harris County Attorney has filed a lawsuit against the e-cigarette company JUUL and several of the company’s executives “for the deliberate and deceptive marketing of its highly addictive and destructive products to young people.”

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• Plaintiff Juul Labs, Inc filed a suit against defendant Reeha LLC in the District of Connecticut alleging trademark infringement and unfair trading practices on their vaping products for purportedly selling counterfeit Juul products.

• Wednesday’s complaint states that “wrongdoers have counterfeited JUUL products by illegally manufacturing, selling and distributing fake, copied, and non-genuine versions of JUUL products and related packaging bearing JUUL trademarks.”

• On Monday, JUUL Labs, Inc. filed a complaint in the Central District of California against Redmill Tobacco, Inc. for allegedly selling counterfeit JUUL products in their stores

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• The Arizona Attorney General’s Office’s lawsuit alleges that JUUL engaged in deceptive and unfair acts and practices, including:

• announced that his office filed a Consumer Fraud lawsuit against Juul Labs, Inc. (JUUL), regarding the advertisement and sale of JUUL’s vaping devices and vaping pods to Arizonans, including JUUL's exploitative marketing towards Arizona’s youth.

• The lawsuit was filed Tuesday morning in Maricopa County Superior Court.

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• 否认 — Altria

  Altria said it would defend the Juul deal.

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• The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Seattle, accuses JUUL and its parent company of marketing e-cigarettes to minors.

• The La Conner School District, an hour north of Seattle, is suing JUUL, saying the company has sparked an epidemic of vaping among school-kids.

• La Conner district officials said in a prepared statement that they believe JUUL targeted students in "an illegal manner."

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• Adam Hergenreder, an 18-year-old from Illinois, has accused Juul of marketing e-cigarettes to young people, and said that vaping has caused him irreparable damage.

• Hergenreder has admitted that besides vaping e-liquids purchased from vape shops, he has also vaped THC, which he got from a drug dealer.

• A teenager who was hospitalized as a result of vaping unlicensed THC products, is suing Juul, accusing the company of using social media posts to target minors.

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• Now, he’s suing the popular e-cigarette company claiming it failed to warn him about the dangers of vaping.

• According to the lawsuit, Juul failed to “properly assess and warn about the harm that its products cause to the human lungs and body,” adding the e-cigarette brand “falsely advertises its e-cigarette system as a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes.”

• A Juul spokesperson said in a statement that Breja’s claims are “baseless” and that he was terminated “because he failed to demonstrate the leadership qualities needed in his role. The allegations concerning safety issues with Juul products are equally meritless, and we already investigated the underlying manufacturing issue and determined the product met all applicable specifications. The company will vigorously defend this lawsuit.”

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• 澄清 — Juul

  In a statement, Juul told NPR that the company is committed to combating underage use and that this new settlement affirms voluntary practices it already has in place.

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• The settlement is technically only enforceable in California and only for a finite period

• In a statement, Juul told NPR that the company is committed to combating underage use and that this new settlement affirms voluntary practices it already has in place.

• Juul cannot advertise at sporting events or concerts that allow people under the age of 21. No appearances at schools, and the company can't use models in their ads that are under the age of 28.

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• The lawsuit claims that the company designed JUUL e-cigarettes and their packaging to appeal to kids and can be easily concealed among their schoolwork and electronics.

• The county sued JUUL in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt late last week, claiming violations of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act, Montgomery County Consumer Protection Act, and alleging negligence and unjust enrichment.

• The suit alleged Juul violated a number of Minnesota's consumer protection laws, seeks to order them to stop targeting youth and to compensate people for the harms that have been caused.

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• Federal prosecutors in California are reportedly conducting a criminal probe into Juul for deceptive marketing practices that targeted minors, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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• A pair of companies known for their modern approaches to old behaviors and recent controversy are among the defendants in the latest batch of biometric privacy lawsuits filed in Illinois.

• Like most of the multitude of suits filed this year under BIPA, both are potential class actions, and both allege that the requirements under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act to provide information about the collection, use and storage of biometric data from people, and obtain their written consent were violated.

• As is almost always the case with BIPA suits, no misuse or theft of the information is alleged.

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• An unidentified Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against Juul, Pax, Altria, Evolv Mamasan, Axiocore and Yogi E-liquid, KVUE reported.

• She claims Juul's ads drew her to vaping, which she took up in March 2018 and blames the high dose nicotine for getting her addicted'. A year later, she switched to using products from Evolv, Mamasan and Yogi and developed bronchitis shortly after. Months later she was diagnosed with lipoid pneumonia. She claims her permanent lung damage and medical costs are the fault of the seven vaping companies, whom she is suing for $1 million

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• Kentucky's largest school district is suing Juul over its role in a vaping epidemic impacting students, school board members decided Tuesday.

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• 整改 — Juul

  为了应对青少年使用电子烟，Juul启动了一项追踪计划，从明年开始，它将要求零售商扫描顾客的身份证，同时停止销售水果和薄荷味的电子烟产品。

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• In its lawsuit, New York alleges that Juul’s marketing of its products downplayed their health risks and used “colorful images of attractive, young models” to appeal to minors.

• On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a new lawsuit against e-cigarette company Juul, alleging that the company misled consumers about the risks of vaping through deceptive advertising.

• It also alleges that Juul is in violation of public health laws that forbid the sale of tobacco-related products to minors and is seeking civil penalties of $1,000 for each instance of a sale of the company’s products to minors.