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The deal ends nearly all of the litigation brought against the tobacco giant over Juul by local government bodies and individuals across the United States.

E-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc and its former largest investor, Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc., on Monday settled claims by the state of Minnesota that they fueled teen vaping addiction.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Los Angeles County’s ban on sales of flavored tobacco products brought by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, which had argued that only the federal government – not state or local governments – has the legal authority to regulate tobacco products.

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs on Tuesday said it has reached settlements with about 10,000 plaintiffs covering more than 5,000 cases in California

An estimated 3.08 million U.S. middle and high school students reported using a tobacco product in the last 30 days in 2022, down from 4.47 million in 2020 and 6.20 million in 2019, according to government data released on Thursday.

An estimated 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes during the early part of this year, health officials said on Thursday, a level they described as concerning.

Juul had won a temporary reprieve a couple of weeks ago after a U.S. federal appeals court stayed the FDA’s ban, following an appeal from the company for an emergency review of the regulator’s order.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday blocked e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. from selling its nicotine products in the United States, potentially dealing a fatal blow to the once high-flying San Francisco company.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to order Juul Labs Inc. to take its e-cigarettes off the market in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.