JUUL HQ Moving to DC

JUUL Labs is leaving its unhappy home in San Francisco, and moving to the land of lobbyists, lies, and scandals: Washington, D.C. The troubled company, trapped between its Silicon Valley roots and the vaping and tobacco industries it never quite fit into, will at the very least save on travel expenses. Executives will avoid air travel to testify at hearings and investigations, as it attempts to earn the approval of the FDA and Congress.

The company “seeks to repair its relationship with regulators and distance itself from Silicon Valley’s growth-at-all-costs culture,” according to the Wall Street Journal, which broke the story. The Journal says JUUL is moving its corporate offices, but will keep some staff in San Francisco, where its product development operations will remain.

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