Juul plans to re-enter US with age verification e-cigarettes

Electronic cigarette maker Juul says it has improved its product with an age-verification app in the hopes of getting re-authorized in the United States.

The nation's Food and Drug Administration ordered Juul to stop selling its vapes a year ago. The primary reason for the ban, according to the FDA, was that the science behind healthful claims was unconvincing.

It did not help that Juul's ads often were reminiscent of now-banned cigarette messaging, which often make smoking look sophisticated, fun …

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