FILE - In this April 16, 2019, file photo, a woman exhales a puff of vapor from a Juul pen in Vancouver, Wash. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)
March 9, 2020
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March 9, 2020 8:05 a.m.
Juul Labs sought to court state AGs as teen vaping surged
WASHINGTON (AP) — Juul Labs, the nation’s largest electronic-cigarette company, donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of state attorneys general in an effort to build relationships with these powerful officials and potentially head off legal challenges over how it promoted and sold its vaping products.