GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Green Bay Area Public School District may join a multi-district lawsuit against a maker of vaping devices.
San Diego law firm Frantz Law Group filed the suit. Since then other school districts – including Milwaukee, Verona, Ashland and Barron – have already joined. Next week, Green Bay votes on also joining, according to district spokeswoman Lori Blakeslee.
“If the District is awarded a settlement, the dollars would be for addressing the ever-increasing vaping problem. Dollars could be used for detection systems of vaping, money for the staff time to deal with this problem including staff to supervise students on campus, pay for school counselors and funds for educational programs related to vaping,” she told Fox 11.
On its website, Frantz Law Firm says: “Not only has JUUL been accused of intentionally trying to sell its nicotine-laden vape devices to children and teens, but it has also been accused of knowingly misrepresenting the safety – or lack of safety – of its products Our goal is to hold JUUL and other e-cig manufacturers accountable for their actions so our clients can enjoy a sense of justice and closure.”
JUUL has issued statements about its plan to combat underage use of its products.
“As part of our plan, we stopped shipping our non-tobacco and non- menthol-based flavors (Cucumber, Creme, Mango, and Fruit) to retail stores. Since the announcement, we have been aggressively examining the landscape through thousands of secret-shopping visits to stores and online-monitoring and are dismayed that other companies are aggressively selling counterfeit JUUL devices and JUUL-compatible nicotine cartridges illegally,” it states.
The school board meets at 6 p.m. Monday.
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