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A man who wrote a book about rodents says Mayor Eric Adams’s new appointee faces a formidable opponent.

The case ends major litigation over claims about the marketing of e-cigarettes to adolescents, resolving thousands of lawsuits and amounting to billions of dollars in payouts to states, cities and people.

Now that California’s tobacco prohibitions are in place, some Camel and Newport items are billed as newly “fresh” or “crisp” non-menthol versions.

The proposed deal would resolve thousands of lawsuits in multidistrict litigation based in Northern California.

The deal is the latest in the company’s efforts to resolve litigation over its marketing of products that some contend fueled the teenage vaping crisis.

The industry continues to back smoking protections, like this November’s ballot initiative in California that would overturn a law banning tobacco flavors.

Here’s what the evidence suggests.

While use among youths has fallen since the peaks of 2018-19, resumption of in-school classes this year shows students still have access to flavored, disposable vapes.

The consulting firm’s work with opioid makers is well known, but for decades McKinsey worked with Big Tobacco and has also advised Juul, the e-cigarette company.

The tentative deal would close a yearslong investigation by nearly three dozen states into the company’s marketing and sales practices.