Cigarette maker Altria, the company that produces Marlboro, has made an investment in electronic cigarette company Juul Labs, but certain aspects of the deal are frozen due to an ongoing probe by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to a report by The Wall Street Journal....
More than 20 online eCigarette retailers are being sued by New York City for allegedly selling to children. Bloomberg is reporting that the suit follows a crackdown on vaping following an outbreak of lung illnesses tied to the practice. New York City requested that a...
Popular grocer Kroger and pharmacy retailer Walgreens have announced they will no longer sell e-cigarettes, citing “the mounting questions and increasingly complex regulatory environment.” CNBC is reporting that the two are the latest high-profile companies to make the decision, and that they will still sell...
In the direct-to-consumer sales race, in the sprint to get shoes on feet and apparel off the racks, Nike has evidently brought its A Game to digital. In the summer of 2017, the company said it would look to gain traction with what it called...
September 25, 2019
Depending on your view, it might be a public health problem, a moral panic or something in between. However, no matter what you think of the illnesses and deaths related to vaping — and the Trump Administration’s apparent willingness to ban some vaping-related products — the news does serve to highlight the practice of age-restricted retail and […]
February 24, 2022
A federal administrative law judge, in a decision announced Thursday (Feb. 24), dismissed a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that had accused tobacco giant Altria Group and electronic cigarette-maker JUUL Labs of violating antitrust laws. The government already has appealed the decision by Judge D. Michael Chappell. In its 2020 complaint against the company, the FTC […]
January 17, 2020
Cigarette maker Altria, the company that produces Marlboro, has made an investment in electronic cigarette company Juul Labs, but certain aspects of the deal are frozen due to an ongoing probe...
October 09, 2019
More than 20 online eCigarette retailers are being sued by New York City for allegedly selling to children. Bloomberg is reporting that the suit follows a crackdown on vaping following...
October 07, 2019
Popular grocer Kroger and pharmacy retailer Walgreens have announced they will no longer sell e-cigarettes, citing “the mounting questions and increasingly complex regulatory environment.” CNBC is reporting that the two...
