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By Erik Larson and Malathi Nayak/BloombergApril 12, 2023 3:04 PM EDTJuul Labs Inc. agreed to pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia to resolve lawsuits and investigations into the e-cigarette manuf stanley cup acturerrsquo marketing of addictive vaping products to children.The deal requires Juul to stop flouting state laws that protect the privacy rights of minors and bar false advertising and unfair competition, New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Wednesday.Juul lit a nationwide public health crisis by putting addictive products in the hands of minors and convincing them that itrsquo harmless, James said during a live-streamed stanley cup press conference with the other states. Today, they are paying the price for the harm they caused.States involved in the deal, which includes Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Mexico, werenrsquo;t part of an earlier agreement Juul reached seven months ago to pay a total of $439 million to 33 states. Californiarsquo share of the new payoutmdash;$175.8 millionmdash;is the biggest, with New York getting $112.7 million.Read More: How Juul Got VaporizedToday is another step forward in our fight to protect our kids from getting hooked on vaping and ni stanley cup cotine, Bonta said in a statement. Juul simply saw dollar signs, and used nefarious tactics to hook our children on their products, including bright a Isqs President Trump Threatens Harley-Davidson After Company Shifts Some Production Overseas to Avoid Tariffs
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks at the California Republican Party 2014 Spring Convention in Burlingame, Calif, March 15, 2014.Ben Margot鈥擜PBy Sam FrizellMay 3, 2014 11:51 AM EDTFormer Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has chosen not to give a commencement speech at Rutgers University after students and faculty protested, speaking out against her role in the Iraq War. Rutgers students and faculty had protested plans to have the George W. Bush administration cabinet member deliver the commencement speech, staging sit-ins and saying Rice was partially responsible for the war in Iraq, the Associated Press reports. The school board of governors and faculty had voted to pay Rice $35,000 for speaking at the event.Rice de nike dunk fended her record in a statement, but said she did not want to detract from the May 18 ceremony.Commencement should be a time of joyous celebration for the graduates and their f air force 1 amilies, Rice said. Rutgers ; invitation to me to speak has become a distraction for t yeezy he university community at this very special time.[AP]More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOur Guide to Voting in the 2024 ElectionMel Robbins Will Make You Do ItWhy Vinegar Is So Good for YouYou Dont Have to Dread the End of Daylight SavingThe 20 Best Halloween TV Episodes of All TimeMeet TIMEs Newest Class of Next Generation LeadersContact us at letters@time |
