Juul spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on programming for children and teens, documents show
Juul spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund youth programming, efforts that a company employee said"seem to duplicate those of big tobacco," according to internal emails, memos and contracts released as part of a congressional investigation into the company.
Democratic members of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy presented the documents Thursday as part of an investigation into Juul's role in"the youth vaping epidemic."Juul went into a ninth-grade classroom and called its device 'totally safe,' teens testifyThe company"deployed a sophisticated program to enter schools and convey its messaging directly to teenage children," committee staff wrote.
"Followed the law, developed a product that people want, a product that's gonna take us away from more harmful traditional cigarettes, a product that can actually help you phase off of using nicotine altogether, and somehow you're a terrible guy," Republican Rep. Jim Jordan said to Monsees. Democratic Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, looking directly at the executive, saw it differently."You don't ask for permission, you ask for forgiveness," he said.
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