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Minnesota Is Suing Juul

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Juul Labs on Wednesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker 

of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine. 

The lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis seeks to force Juul to stop marketing to 

young people; fund a corrective public education campaign in Minnesota on the dangers of youth vaping; 

fund programs to help people stop vaping; disclose all its research on vaping and health; and surrender 

all profits from its allegedly unlawful conduct.  

Ellison declined to put a dollar figure on how much money the state will seek in damages and civil penalties. 

But he said it could be in line with the state's landmark $7 billion settlement with the tobacco industry in 1998. 

He said the San Francisco-based company followed "Big Tobacco's playbook" of marketing to young people. 

Juul issued a statement saying it is "working cooperatively" with attorneys general, regulators, and other 

stakeholders to prevent underage use of its products and to switch adult smokers away from conventional 

cigarettes.