May 29, 2024
Nicotine alternatives used in vapes being launched in the U.S. and abroad, such as 6-methyl nicotine, may be more potent and addictive than nicotine itself, though the scientific data remains incomplete, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
May 11, 2023
Altria Group Inc said Wednesday that it will pay $235 million to settle at least 6,000 lawsuits accusing it of fueling a teen vaping epidemic through its former investment in e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. The deal ends nearly all …
April 25, 2023
Altria Group Inc. didn’t benefit from its $12.8 billion investment in Juul Labs Inc., the tobacco giant’s lawyers told a jury in a trial over whether it helped the e-cigarette maker promote sales that led to a youth vaping crisis …
April 24, 2023
Tobacco giant Altria Group Inc is set to face trial Monday in a lawsuit by San Francisco’s public school district accusing the company of fueling a teen vaping epidemic, along with e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. The San Francisco Unified …
April 14, 2021
Juul Labs Inc. failed to knock out racketeering claims in lawsuits accusing it of deliberately targeting teenagers, as individual founders and directors of the e-cigarette maker became the new focus of the litigation. Most of the claims brought by consumers, …
September 23, 2020
Juul Labs Inc. has the Mafia to thank for the most potent legal claims accusing the e-cigarette maker of igniting an epidemic of youth nicotine addiction. The company will try to persuade a federal judge Monday that consumers and school …
January 19, 2017
More than 21,000 Marlboro Lights smokers and their attorneys will receive a portion of $29.1 million from a lawsuit settlement fund approved by an Arkansas judge. A Pulaski County Circuit judge approved the payment on Jan. 17 from the $45 …
August 1, 2016
Attorneys for cigarette smokers and for tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA have agreed to a $45 million settlement of a lawsuit over the marketing of Marlboro Lights in Arkansas. The settlement was submitted to Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox …