Juul ordered to pay $462M to 6 states over youth addiction
The agreement with New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Washington, D.C. marks the latest in a string of recent legal settlements Juul has reached across the country with cities and states.
On Monday, the vaping company agreed to pay $7.9 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company violated West Virginia’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act by marketing its products to underage users. Last month, the company paid Chicago $23.8 million.
Minnesota’s case against Juul went to trial last month with the state’s Attorney General Keith Ellison asserting that the company “baited, deceived and addicted a whole new generation of kids after Minnesotans slashed youth smoking rates down to the lowest level in a generation.”
Juul has laid off hundreds of employees since last fall, and plans to slash its operations by 30% to 40%, Reuters reported.
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