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SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday that he and six other attorneys general have settled a multistate lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul for $462 million.
"Directing my consumer division to initiate an investigation into Juul was a day-one priority for me after I was sworn in in February of 2019," Attorney General Kwame Raoul said during a video news conference."Within months of taking office we served an extensive civil investigative demand on the company and before the end of 2019 we had filed suit. We've been aggressively litigating against them in Illinois since.
As part of its settlement with Illinois, Juul also agreed not to market its products to people under 21, not to use social media influencers to promote its products and to require consumers to be age verified before they can view any of its website content, among other restrictions. by signing up you agree to our terms of service In April 2019, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. And in 2021, he signed another law applying the same age limit to vaping products and banning advertising that promotes vaping as a method of quitting tobacco use.
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