Juul Labs stops funding San Francisco vaping measure in the US

Juul Labs Inc. anunced Monday that it will stop supporting a ballot measure to overturn an anti-vaping law in San Francisco, effectively killing campaign.

A donation of nearly $19 million

nation’s largest maker of e-cigarettes said it will end its support for Proposition C after donating nearly $19 million. It was virtually only financial backer of measure.

“Based on that news, we have me decision t to continue on with campaign,” Yes on C said in a statement.

However, proposition will still appear on vember ballot.

Proposition C would have allowed sale of vape products to ults, partially overturning city’s June ordinance that as of next year would ban sales of e-cigarettes and vape products t reviewed by U.S. Food and Drug ministration.

move was part of a bro review of company policies in wake of a leership shakeup.

“I am committed to seeing that JUUL engs productively with all stakeholders, including regulators, policymakers and our customers,” newly appointed CEO K.C. Crosthwaite said in a statement. “This decision does t change fact that as a San Francisco-founded and hequartered company we remain committed to city.”

However, Larry Tramutola, who directs on Prop C campaign, was skeptical, ting that about $7 million in Juul’s campaign donations remain unspent.

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“This could very well be yet ar of a series of lies and exaggerations from Juul and Big Tobacco,” he said in a statement. “Until y return $7 million unspent dollars that are in ir political account until y suspend ir mail, ir vertising, ir paid phone calls and lay off ir consultants we do t believe m.”

move came as a 14th U.S. death linked to vaping was reported in Nebraska. Hundreds of people have suffered lung ailments tied to vaping, although major e-cigarette company has been linked to m and many patients said y vaped products that included THC, intoxicating chemical in marijuana.

Even so, critics contend that vaping products are being marketed to mirs through use of social media popular with teens and production of candy- and fruit-flavored vaping capsules.

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A ban on flavored vaping products

Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island recently banned flavored vaping products. President Donald Trump has said that federal government would act to prohibit thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes because y appeal to under users.

Juul has said it doesn’t market to youth and its products are meant to be an alternative to smoking. However, company’s vertising is under federal investigation, and company recently anunced it will stop vertising its e-cigarettes in U.S.

E-cigarettes have been largely unregulated since arriving in U.S. in 2007. Food and Drug ministration has set next May as a deline for manufacturers to submit ir products for review.

Health experts generally consider e-cigarettes less harmful than tritional cigarettes because y don’t contain all cancer-causing byproducts of burning tobacco. But re’s virtually long-term research on health effects of vapor produced when e-cigarettes heat a liquid with nicotine.

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