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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Vaping Marketing
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more to resolve allegations they improperly marketed vaping products to minors.
Penalty Total since 2000: $1,440,331,250
Number of Penalty Records: 9
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Juul Labs | $1,294,800,000 | 6 |
| Altria | $45,531,250 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| JUUL Labs | Juul Labs | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2023 | MULTI-AG | $462,000,000 |
| JUUL Labs | Juul Labs | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $438,500,000 |
| Juul Labs | Juul Labs | tobacco | consumer protection violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $255,000,000 |
| Juul Labs and Altria | Juul Labs | tobacco | consumer protection violation | 2023 | MN-AG | $60,500,000 |
| Eonsmoke, LLC | | | tobacco litigation | 2021 | MA-AG | $50,000,000 |
| Eonsmoke, LLC | | | consumer protection violation | 2021 | MA-AG | $50,000,000 |
| Altria Group | Altria | tobacco | product safety violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,531,250 |
| JUUL Labs, Inc. | Juul Labs | tobacco | consumer protection violation | 2021 | NC-AG | $40,000,000 |
| JUUL Labs | Juul Labs | tobacco | consumer protection violation | 2022 | PA-AG | $38,800,000 |
