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| Don Nickles |
Former Oklahoma Republican Senator Don Nickles represents Juul Labs regarding legislative proposals to prohibit the sale of tobacco/vaping products to people under age 21 and to educate Congress about how use of its offerings cuts cigarette smoking.
Kevin Burns, Juul CEO, praised Ohio’s decision this month to raise the legal age to buy tobacco/vaping products to 21.
“We won’t succeed in providing the world’s one billion adult smokers with a true alternative to combustible cigarettes, the number one cause of preventable death in this country if youth-use continues unabated,” said Burns in a July 19 statement.
Emily Porter, partner at The Nickles Group and aide to former House Speaker John Boehner, and Don Kent, TNG VP and ex-chief of staff to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), join Nickles on the push for Juul.
Nickles, who is remembered for leading fight to repeal the federal 55 mph speed limit, works for blue-chip clients such as A&T, FedEx, Oracle, MetLife, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart.
Jeff Smokler, former president at healthcare specialist imre, joins Washington-based Avoq to head its PA practice.
Supreme Group, healthcare marketing and communications platform, has merged its Amendola Communications (Fountain Hills, AZ) and Health+Commerce (Newport Beach, CA) units to form Supreme Communications, a full-service PR shop, under Ketchum alum Nicky Battle.
Even as technology changes the rules of engagement, digital health brands still control the most powerful tool they have—their story.
Havilah Clarke, head of marketing and communications at the Huntsman Mental Health Foundation and Institute, has joined Purposeful Advisors as a managing director.
