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The case ends major litigation over claims of marketing e-cigarettes to adolescents, resolving thousands of lawsuits and amounting to billions of dollars in payouts to states, cities and people.

E-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc and its former largest investor, Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc (MO.N), on Monday settled claims by the state of Minnesota that accused them of fueling teen vaping addiction.

The number of unique e-cigarette products, many of which come in youth-appealing flavors, more than quadrupled from 453 in June 2021 to 2,023 in June 2022, according to a Truth Initiative review of U.S. retail sales data. The increase, based on retail sales estimates from NielsenIQ,*

For people managing high blood pressure, recalls of the carcinogen-tainted drug quinapril might sound familiar. Since 2018, more than 12 million bottles of blood pressure-lowering drugs such as valsartan and losartan have been removed from the market because they contained cancer-risk chemicals called nitrosamines.

he drug that Jeremy Mitchell takes to manage his diabetes, Ozempic, has become a hot new weight loss fad, and now he’s having trouble finding it.

The $20 million settlement with JUUL is the second largest for a local government nationwide.

A study of more than 2,500 people ages 13-24 found that nicotine-only vapers, THC-only vapers and dual vapers (of nicotine and THC) were more likely to report anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts when compared with their peers who did not use electronic cigarettes or vape THC.

Most health insurance companies won't cover the cost of Ozempic and Wegovy, leaving groups with the highest rates of obesity without access.

Lawsuit accuses company of using social media posts to target young people

It is well documented that nicotine e-cigarettes can be harmful to health. The current global evidence proves that using nicotine e-cigarettes increases the chances of poisoning, addiction, smoking uptake in youth, and lung injury. The effects on clinical outcomes related to cancer, respiratory conditions, cardiovascular disease, and mental health are unknown. Besides the direct effects on the e-cigarette user, adverse environmental impacts include fires, waste, and pollution. Based on current evidence, it is best to avoid e-cigarette use, particularly by non-smokers and young individuals.

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Data from the annual National Youth Tobacco Survey showed that 14.1% of high school students and 3.3% of middle school students said they'd recently used an e-cigarette or other vape product. The survey, led by both the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration, was conducted from January through the end of May.

1 in 20 Americans vape, according to vaping statistics, and youth e-cigarette use has increased by 1,800%

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What is the product? JUUL is a vaporized e-cigarette that uses changeable, nicotine liquid cartridges and temperature regulation to produce vapor, an alternate to a traditional cigarette.Who makes it? JUUL is made by JUUL Labs, who was partially acquired by Altria Group Inc in 2018.

While most of us strive to avoid inhaling aerosols that could harbor a deadly virus,millions of teens and young adults are deliberately bathing their lungs in aerosols rich inchemicals with known or suspected health hazards.

ver heard of litigation funding? It's arelatively new, multibillion-dollar industry where investors fund lawsuits.Here's the idea: say someone was wronged by a big corporation but has no moneyto sue it. A litigation funder will pay for their court battle. In essence:they're betting on the lawsuit the way traders bet on stocks. If it'ssuccessful – they make money, sometimes a lot of money; if it fails – thefunders get nothing – their investment is lost.

Juul was once the most popular vaping brand, but it has been thetarget of a number of lawsuits claiming it helped fuel the teen vaping crisis.Credit...Seth Wenig/Associated Press

When an epidemic of teenage nicotine addiction breaks out across the country, some people ask whether JUUL's founders are intent on saving lives or greedy enough to make a killing by targeting the next generation.