North Carolina sues e-cig company JUUL over rise in teen vaping

RALEIGH -- North Carolina is suing JUUL, the nation’s biggest e-cigarette company, over allegations that it marketed its products to minors and also lied to consumers of all ages about safety.

The lawsuit seeks to ban most e-cig flavors from being sold in North Carolina, among other restrictions.

Vaping has exploded in popularity recently. And JUUL has more than 75 percent of the multibillion-dollar market, according to the lawsuit — which Attorney General Josh Stein’s office said is the first of its kind in the nation.

“JUUL targeted young people as customers,” Stein, a Democrat, said in a news release Wednesday. “As a result, vaping has become an epidemic among minors. JUUL’s business practices are not only reckless, they’re illegal. And I intend to put a stop to them.”

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