ST. PAUL (KTTC) – Minnesota leaders announced a $60.5 million settlement with e-cigarette companies Juul and Altria. It’s the largest settlement per capita of the 48 states so far. The settlement stems from a 2019 lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. It claims Juul deceptively crafted products and flavors to attract young people towards its products, resulting in a spike in youth vaping. As part of the settlement, Juul will be severely limited in marketing and advertising in the state, including having to use models over the age...

Minnesota first state in nation to go to trial to hold JUUL and Altria accountable for deceptive e-cigarette marketing April 17, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced his office has settled its case against JUUL and Altria for deceptively marketing e-cigarettes, which became popular among Minnesota’s youth. Of the more than a dozen states and hundreds of local governments that have sued JUUL, Minnesota was the first to go to trial. In 2019, Attorney General Ellison sued JUUL on behalf of the people of Minnesota for...

Minnesota has settled its lawsuit with JUUL and Altria a day before closing arguments were scheduled to begin, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a news release on Monday. Minnesota was the first to go to trial with JUUL and Altria for its e-cigarette marketing tactics, which Ellison said were deceptive and appealing to youths. Ellison sued JUUL in 2019 for violating the state's consumer protection laws, breaching its duty of reasonable care and creating a public nuisance. Ellison said at the time of the lawsuit, youth vaping reached...

NEW YORK — Electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, the attorneys general in several states announced Wednesday. The agreement with New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Washington, D.C., is the latest in a string of recent legal agreements Juul has reached to settle lawsuits related to the way it marketed addictive nicotine products. Critics said Juul was trying...

E-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs will pay the District more than $15 million as part of a settlement over allegations that the company deceptively marketed its products toward teenagers while downplaying their addictive properties, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb (D) said Wednesday. Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. D.C. joined New York, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Colorado in the $462 million settlement.