The Tobacco Endgame

Tag: e-cigarettes

  • A youth-led movement to end flavored tobacco sales in Hawaii

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    Op-Ed: Youth advocates call on state legislators to end the sale of flavored tobacco in Hawaiʻi or restore counties’ authority over tobacco regulationsBy Maui members of the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi Youth Council On average 1,400 Hawaiʻi residents die every year from a tobacco-related illness. Ninety-five percent of smokers start before the age of…

  • Juul settlement payment of $225 million is preliminarily approved

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    Courtesy of Tobacco Reporter: Juul Labs secured preliminary court approval on Jan. 20 of a $255 million settlement resolving claims by consumers that it deceptively marketed e-cigarettes, reports Reuters. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco said the proposed class action settlement was “fair, reasonable and adequate.” The settlement is part of a larger, global…