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The bill focuses on single-use electronic cigarettes and will allow the state attorney general's office to set up a registry of products deemed off-limits, after an administrative process.

The measure approved by Florida lawmakers is narrowly focused on single-use devices, a significant change from a plan floated earlier.

E-cigarette company JUUL sent a letter to Florida lawmakers in support of measures that would further regulate nicotine products amid concerns of illegal sales of products imported from China.

About 10% of high school students said they had used e-cigarettes in the previous month, down from 14% from the same survey last year. However, vaping among middle schoolers was about the same.

According to the lawsuit, filed in Hillsborough County, the state seeks civil penalties and an injunction to prevent Juul from “targeting children" and "deceiving consumers with respect to the nicotine concentration.”

It's the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial. The terms will be kept confidential until formal papers are publicly filed with the court in 30 days.

It is the largest settlement the company has reached so far concerning its role in the youth vaping surge.

Juul Labs has reached settlements covering cases brought by about 10,000 plaintiffs related to its vaping products. Buffeted by lawsuits, Juul announced hundreds of layoffs last month.

The e-cigarette maker has agreed to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states and Puerto Rico into the marketing of its vaping products, which have been blamed for a surge in teen vaping.

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf says a nongovernmental research group will convene experts to deliver the evaluations within 60 business days.