Former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will join the government affairs team at Juul, according to Politico.

Coakley, who has consulted for the e-cigarette company as a partner at law firm Foley Hoag, is set to take on a new role in April. She will focus on educating people on what Juul is doing to fight underage use of their products.

Juul makes slim e-cigarettes that vaporize cartridges made with nicotine salts and tobacco. A Juul “pod” has about the same amount of nicotine as a pack of cigarettes and offers 200 puffs.

In a statement to WBUR Coakley said she believes in Juul’s ability to “switch adult smokers” from cigarettes to vaping devices.

"I believe in JUUL Labs' commitment to eliminate combustible cigarettes, the number one cause of preventable death in our country, and to combat youth usage," Coakley said in a statement. "JUUL has an incredible opportunity to switch adult smokers and I look forward to working with stakeholders from the private and public sectors as we fulfill that mission and prevent youth from ever using vapor products like JUUL."

Politico notes that Juul has increased lobbying spending in Washington from $210,000 in the second quarter of 2018 to $750,000 by the last quarter of the year.

When Coakley was the Massachusetts Attorney General she called on the FDA to ban sales of e-cigarettes to kids and pushed back against advertising that targeted youth.

In 2014 she was the co-chair of the National Association of Attorney Generals’ tobacco committee and joined with 28 state attorneys to call on retailers like Walmart to stop selling tobacco products.

Coakley’s new job was first reported on the same day her successor Attorney General Maura Healey is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at a community forum on vaping in Newton.

“The evening will include a panel of speakers providing health, wellness, and prevention education on the topic of vaping,” according to a Newton schools announcement.

Healey launched an investigation into Juul and whether the company intentionally markets to minors last year.

“They’re engaged in an effort to get kids addicted, to get them hooked so they will have customers for the rest of their lives,” Healey told MassLive in July.