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E-cigarette maker Juul boosts lobbying spending as regulatory scrutiny increases
Leading e-cigarette manufacturer Juul spent half a million dollars on lobbying last quarter — up 167 percent from the previous quarter — as regulators weigh restrictions on the industry to stem a surge in teens using the devices.
In the third quarter, Juul spent $560,000, according to a lobbying disclosure form. That compares with the $210,000 it spent in the previous quarter, according to a filing. The company focused its efforts on e-cigarette and vaping regulation, as well as tariffs on products manufactured in China, it said in the disclosure.
However, the $560,000 is half of the amount the company initially reported spending Tuesday. The company filed an amendment correcting the figure, Juul spokeswoman Victoria Davis told CNBC.
Juul has beefed up its Washington operations amid growing scrutiny that could threaten its business. It has hired Tevi Troy, deputy Health and Human Services secretary in the George W. Bush administration; Jim Esquea, an assistant HHS secretary in the Obama administration; and Ted McCann, a senior policy advisor to House Speaker Paul Ryan, among others.
Also at The Hill.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by ElizabethGreene on Thursday October 25 2018, @03:11PM (2 children)
I have a son in high school and a daughter in middle school in non-rural middle Tennessee. Vapes, particularly the Juul, are ubiquitous in their schools. A double digit percentage of students have them. The kids like them because they look like a USB stick so you are less likely to get caught with it.
What worries me is that the long term health effects of vaping in young adults is not known. There is a very real chance we're creating a ticking time-bomb epidemic of lung cancer.
It's a problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @06:18PM
The long term health effects of pretty much everything are unknown. Most of the time when such data is actually collected it points to the exact opposite of what medical researchers have been saying for decades. Eg, http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/sd-me-salt-diet-20170425-story.html [sandiegouniontribune.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @10:23PM
It's actually not a problem since we're talking about millennials. Since they're incapable of fending for themselves, the fewer there are left when their parents die the less misery there will be in the world.