James is asking the judge to ban the companies from continuing to sell flavored e-cigarettes to New Yorkers. She’s also seeking monetary damages that her office says could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, and is requesting that the companies be ordered to contribute to an abatement fund designed to address the harms of youth vaping.

The New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against multiple vape companies on Thursday, alleging that they are “taking a page out of Big Tobacco’s playbook.”

Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against 13 major e-cigarette manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, accusing them of fueling the youth vaping epidemic by illegally marketing and selling flavored disposable vapes to minors.

New York is suing several large electronic cigarette distributors for allegedly selling vaping flavors that can appeal to children.

New York sued several large e-cigarette manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday, saying they fueled a youth vaping epidemic by selling products with cartoonish packaging and flavors such as Baja Slushie,

The state’s attorney general sued nine companies that make and distribute popular vaping devices, seeking a permanent ban on the flavored products.