Juul is fined $40m and told it must stop advertising to adolescents

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E-cigarette brand Juul is fined $40m and told it must stop advertising to adolescents – health expert Dr Nicola Gray tells us more.

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The e-cigarette company Juul had just settled out of court in North Carolina, USA, for $40m when accused of advertising their products to minors. Dr Nicola Gray was asked to provide information about the use of e-cigarettes by young people and to comment on the likely impact of future advertising regulations, such as banning the flavours promoted for vaping eg cucumber and mango. Dr Gray worked with colleagues at the US Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine to write a position paper on protecting adolescents from the adverse health effects of vaping. https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(19)30506-3/fulltext