Juul Labs said on Wednesday it was seeking U.S. authorization for a new, high-tech e-cigarette that has age-verification capabilities and prevents the use of counterfeit or unauthorized refill cartridges.
The e-cigarette maker has been in a tussle with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get its products approved after a brief ban on their sale last year following thousands of lawsuits that accused Juul of fueling a teen vaping epidemic.
The company's latest application to the FDA, which was submitted on Tuesday, seeks to sell tobacco-flavored pods at a nicotine concentration of 18 mg per mL.
(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath and Shinjini Ganguli)
