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World Business Report: First broadcast 2019/11/19 22:32 GMT: Juul faces mounting state lawsuits in US

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Juul faces mounting state lawsuits in US

First broadcast 2019/11/19 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2019/11/19 22:32 GMT: Juul faces mounting state lawsuits in US

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Juul faces mounting state lawsuits in US

The biggest vaping firm in the US has been hit with a lawsuit by the state of New York.

Juul Labs, the biggest vaping firm in the US, has been hit with a lawsuit by the state of New York. Attorney General Letitia James accused the firm of misrepresenting the safety of its products and targeting teens in advertisements. Her action follows similar actions by officials in California and North Carolina, as well as federal warnings.
After Microsoft in Japan offered workers a four-day week we ask if the idea could spread. Ffyona Dawber is chief executive of Synergy Vision, and explains why her business has introduced a four-day work week. Lord Robert Skidelsky is an economic historian who discusses how we used to work significantly longer hours each week in the past. Ryan Carson is founder of TreeHouse, which helps companies hire and train tech talent, and tells us why his firm which was founded with a four-day work week decided to move away from the idea. And we hear from the deputy mayor of Gothenburg in Sweden, Daniel Bernmar, why an experimental shorter work day there was not implemented at the end of a trial. 
Also in the programme, last month an American Airlines plane was diverted, after a noxious smell in the cabin caused two flight attendants to pass out. At the time, the airline claimed it was spilled cleaning fluid that caused the smell, but as our transport correspondent Tom Burridge explains, documents seen by the BBC now cast doubt on that claim.

PHOTO: Attorney General Letitia James said Juul's advertising targeted youth, Getty Images

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