E-cigarette maker Juul has agreed to pay USD 462 million to settle lawsuits by six US states, including New York and California, that it unlawfully marketed its products to minors, reports The Guardian.

With the deal, Juul will have settled with 45 states for more than USD 1 billion. The company did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement, which also included Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Mexico as well as the District of Columbia.
Juul still faces a lawsuit by Minnesota, where a trial is currently under way, as well as lawsuits or open investigations by Florida, Michigan, Maine and Alaska, the report said. In addition to the state settlements, the company agreed last year to pay USD 1.7 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by local government entities and individual consumers.
Last summer, the FDA ordered Juul products to be removed from the US market. A court temporarily lifted the FDA ban, allowing the products to continue to be sold in the country.