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Juul, the e-cig maker started at Stanford, watches its US market share get vaporized

It's almost Shakespearean.Juul, the e-cigarette company that took the U.S. by storm five years ago -- and which was valued at its peak at $38 billion -- is about to get kicked out of the country, according to the WSJ. Per the outlet's report earlier today, the Food & Drug Administration could announce as early as today that the San Francisco-based outfit is no longer allowed to sell its products in the U.S.The "marketing denial order," writes the WSJ, would follow a nearly two-year review of data presented by Juul, which in 2019 said it was suspending all print, broadcast and digital advertising in the United States after parents around the country complained that their children were becomin... [Read more]

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Juul Targeted Schools and Youth Camps, House Panel on Vaping Claims - The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Last summer, with public concern about teenage vaping growing, Juul Labs paid a charter school organization in Baltimore $134,000 to set up a five-week summer camp to teach children healthy lifestyles.The curriculum was created by Juul — maker of the very vaping devices that were causing the most alarm among parents, health experts and public officials.In April 2017, a Juul representative visited the Dwight School in New York City to... [Read more]

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