STATEMENT SUPPORTING SENATOR MCCONNELL’S PLAN TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO RAISE THE NATIONWIDE MINIMUM AGE TO BUY TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM 18 TO 21

Policy

April 18, 2019

From Kevin Burns, JUUL Labs Chief Executive Officer

We commend Senator McConnell for announcing this 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 and 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.