ST. PAUL, Minn. – Vaping device marketer Juul Labs has thrown in the towel. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that Juul has settled a state suit for luring young people dishonestly and dangerously into vaping habits. The state, under Ellison, had sought $100-plus million. How much is the settlement? The attorney general said that details are being worked out. Terms will be confidential until formal papers are publicly filed with the court in 30 days, Ellison said. The settlement came three weeks into a high-stakes trial in Minneapolis. Juul and its partner, the tobacco company Altria (formerly Phillip Morris), had contested the state’s charges.
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The Minnesota case against Jul was the first of thousands nationwide to go to trial. In Washington Juul announced: “We have now settled with 48 states and territories, providing over $1 billion to participating states to further combat underage use and develop cessation programs. This is in addition to our global resolution of the U.S. private litigation that covers more than 5,000 cases brought by approximately 10,000 plaintiffs.” The largest pre-trial settlement was last week for $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia.