Juul Faces 39-State Probe of E-Cigarette Marketing to Teens (1)

Juul Labs Inc.’s legal woes expanded on Tuesday as 39 state attorneys general announced a joint investigation into whether the top U.S. e-cigarette maker is marketing its addictive nicotine products to children.

The probe will also examine Juul’s claims about its products’ nicotine content and their effectiveness in helping longtime smokers quit, the states said in a joint statement. The bipartisan effort is being led by Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Texas.

A similar coalition of states announced an investigation of opioid marketing in 2017. Many of those states -- along with thousands of local and municipal governments -- ...