STATEMENT SUPPORTING BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO RAISE THE NATIONWIDE MINIMUM AGE TO BUY TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM 18 TO 21

Policy, Underage Use Prevention

April 30, 2019

From Kevin Burns, JUUL Labs Chief Executive Officer

We commend these bipartisan lawmakers for introducing this Tobacco 21 legislation, as we strongly support raising the purchasing age for all tobacco products, including vapor products, to 21 and have been actively supporting legislation to do this at the federal level and in states across the country. JUUL Labs is committed to eliminating combustible cigarettes, the number one cause of preventable death in the world. To accomplish that goal, we must restrict youth usage of vapor products. Tobacco 21 laws fight one of the largest contributors to this problem – sharing by legal-age peers – and they have been shown to dramatically reduce youth usage rates. That is why we will continue to work with lawmakers across the country to enact these effective policies.