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Juul exec: Never intended electronic cigarette for teens

By MATTHEW PERRONE and
RICHARD LARDNER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A NIC-O-TEEN
top executive for Juul Labs
said that his company nev-
er intended its electronic
cigarettes to be adopted
by underage teenagers, as
House lawmakers on Thurs-
day accused the com-
pany of fueling the vaping
craze among high school-
ers.
Co-founder James Mon-
sees testified that Juul de-
veloped its blockbuster
vaping device and flavor
pods for adult smokers who
want to stop.
He acknowledged sta-
tistics showing “a signifi-
cant number of underage
Americans are using e-
cigarettes, including Juul
products.”
“Juul Labs isn’t big tobac-
co,” Monsees told mem-
bers of a House subcom-
mittee, adding that “com-
bating underage use” is
the company’s highest JUUL Labs co-founder and Chief Product Officer James Monsees testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform
subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2019, during a hearing on the youth nicotine epidemic.
priority. Associated Press
Thursday’s hearing marks
the first time Juul has been and public health advo- der 18. Drawing from some pered Monsees with ques- wave of underage vaping
called before Congress, cates. 180,000 documents col- tions about the early ads by U.S. teens.
despite growing scrutiny Federal law bans the sale lected from the company, and marketing that they
from parents, politicians of e-cigarettes to those un- House Democrats pep- contend led to the current Continued on Page 2