FDA Begins Review of Premium Cigar Regulation
Here we go again–the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is looking at regulating premium cigars but this time around, it wants to hear...
FDA Announces Plan to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
The tobacco industry has faced a deluge of legislation and regulations aimed at limiting flavors but none like the one announced today by the...
FDA Announces Policy Shift Impacting Deeming Regulations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), now led by Dr. Scott Gottlieb, has announced a new plan that targets the level of nicotine...
NATO Submits Comments to FDA’s Flavor and Nicotine ANPRMs
The National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) has submitted comments in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) advanced notice of proposed...
Nicotine Tax and OTP Tax Increase Defeated in Colorado’s Senate
Colorado's Senate rejected Gov. Jared Polis' proposed uniform nicotine tax. Colorado's House Bill 19-1333 would have given voters the chance to approve a cigarette...
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst Co-Sponsors Premium Cigar Exemption Bill S. 294
Support in the U.S. Senate continues to grow in favor of premium cigar exemption. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) became the 21st member of the...
House Agriculture Bill Attempts to Exempt Premium Cigars from Regulations
On June 27, 2017, the U.S. House of Representative Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture passed its FY18 Agriculture Appropriations Bill. The significance of...
Los Angeles County Considering Flavored Tobacco Ban
Los Angeles County could become the largest jurisdiction in the U.S. to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products if a newly proposed ordinance...
McConnell and Kaine Release Tobacco-Free Youth Act
Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced the Tobacco-Free Youth Act, a bipartisan legislation that if passed would raise...
FDA Launches New Preventive Campaign Targeting Teen Vaping
For much of 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken up issue with e-cigarettes and the role they play in the...