New York on Thursday sued some of the largest electronic cigarette distributors, alleging companies of violating state laws that prohibit the sale of tastes and designs appealing to children.
Attorney General Latitia James announced a case to target middlemen who distribute e-cigarettes like fruits and candy-swasting e-cigarettes to hundreds of facility stories and gas stations across the state. The approach is different from the previous litigation by New York and other states, which targeted vaping manufacturers such as Juul Labs.
The teen vepping trend was widely convicted for sparking, Juel has paid more than $ 1 billion to settle dozens of state and local cases and investigations in its initial marketing practices, including launch parties and products . The company stopped selling flavors like Mango and Mint in 2019 and is no longer popular with Kishore.
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Instead, Chinese-made disposable e-cigarette high school and middle school have become the top options among students like ELF bar. Any product is not approved by federal health regulators, but they continue shipping in the US, often misleading as battery, cell phones, or other products.
The state’s about 200-page legal complaint “indicates widespread evidence of illegal conduct, including documents showing illegal shipments of delicious vapes for New York.” The filing also includes photos of brightly colored e-cigarettes that meet soft drinks and candy and come in tastes such as “fruity beer freeze,” “cotton candy,” and “strawberry grain donut milk”.
New York banned all vaporing tastes except tobacco in 2020.
James said in a statement, “For a very long time, these companies have disregarded our laws to benefit our youth, but we will not risk the health and safety of our children.”
The lawsuit demands hundreds of crores of dollars in loss from companies, as well as a permanent ban on the sale of flavored vapes in New York.
In 2022 litigation, the co-founder of the Buffalo-based demand Vep told a federal judge that his company had sold over $ 132 million of ELF bar e-cigarette in the last one year. Elph Bar makes Shenzhen, located in China, and sells flavor including “Strawberry Mango” and “Lemon Mint”.
Despite the continuous availability of disposable e-cigarettes, according to federal data released last year, the volatile rate among American teenagers has come down by 6%. Government health officials credited a drop for more aggressive American enforcement, including hundreds of warning letters, which have been sent to retail stores to sell unauthorized volatile products.
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