Juul Faces Subpoena Threat Over Documents
September 18 2019 - 9:25AM
Dow Jones News
By Micah Maidenberg
The leader of a House committee investigating Juul Labs Inc.
said the e-cigarette maker has failed to turn over documents it
requested and warned that the committee could issue a subpoena
demanding them.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D., Ill.), chairman of a House
subcommittee focused on economic and consumer policy, said in a
letter to Juul Chief Executive Kevin Burns that the company hasn't
produced a range of documents that members of the committee
requested Juul hand over in June and July.
A spokesperson for San Francisco-based Juul didn't immediately
respond to a request for comment.
Those documents include a list of schools that have received
funding from Juul to implement programs meant to prevent teen
vaping and a list of the company's product launches between early
February 2016 and the present, and when the company stopped selling
certain items, according to Rep. Krishnamoorthi's letter, which is
dated Tuesday.
Members of the committee also asked for a copy of the contract
between Juul and Altria Group Inc. that spelled out the tobacco
company's purchase of a 35% stake in Juul, the letter says.
"Juul's record is woefully inadequate," on producing documents
Rep. Krishnamoorthi said in the letter.
The subcommittee wants the documents it has requested to be
turned over by Oct. 1.
Juul faces scrutiny from regulators and elected officials in the
U.S., who say they are concerned about a rise in teen vaping. The
company has said it has committed to working with government
agencies and other organizations to reduce underage e-cigarette
use.
Write to Micah Maidenberg at micah.maidenberg@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 18, 2019 09:10 ET (13:10 GMT)
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