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FILE - IN this April 5, 2017, file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the powerful Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vaping giant Juul Labs has donated thousands of dollars to court state attorneys general. But the lobbying strategy may be backfiring. “Juul really created this crisis,” said Gottlieb, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner. “Juul created the pool of nicotine-addicted teens and I think they popularized the idea of vaping among kids.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - IN this April 5, 2017, file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the powerful Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vaping giant Juul Labs has donated thousands of dollars to court state attorneys general. But the lobbying strategy may be backfiring. “Juul really created this crisis,” said G…

March 9, 2020

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Juul Labs sought to court state AGs as teen vaping surged
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.