Juul Labs Pays to Publish 11 Studies in Medical Journal

Juul Labs paid $51,000 to buy out an entire issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior (AJHB) and make it publicly available, the New York Times reported.

The AJHB’s May/June issue published 11 company-funded studies that promote the health benefits of Juul devices in helping smokers quit traditional tobacco products.

“Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) represent a significant opportunity to realize tobacco harm reduction at the population level around the world,” the authors write in an introduction to the journal.

Juul Lab’s five-figure buyout of the journal issue is part of a public influence campaign that the Center for Responsive Politics tallied at more than $3.9 million in 2020 alone.

Juul Labs recently reached a legal settlement with the state of North Carolina in which it will pay $40 million to avoid a jury trial over the question of whether it illegally marketed nicotine products to teens.