FDA Finalizes Compliance Policy for Vape Shops that Modify E-Cigarettes
If you're a retailer that carries vapor and e-cigarette products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized its compliance policy surrounding retailer...
California’s Senate Bill 793 Takes Aim at Flavored Tobacco Products
If passed, California's Senate Bill 793 would take flavored tobacco products out of the state. The bill is designed to build on the existing...
Funding Bill Granting FDA Regulatory Power Over Synthetic Nicotine Passes
On March 10, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.5 trillion federal funding bill that included an amendment that gives the U.S. Food and...
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...
Lawsuit Filed Against Los Angeles County Flavor Ban Ordinance
The following article was submitted by the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO)
On June 1, 2020, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company, LLC,...
Cigar Trade Associations File New Legal Motion Against the FDA
Last week there was a lot of news out of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that impacted those in the newly regulated...
Members of Congress Push for Premium Cigar Regulatory Relief
Twelve members of Congress have written a letter to President Donald Trump urging that he and his administration end the regulations imposed on the...
Trump Administration Imposes New Sanctions on Cuba
The Trump Administration is imposing new restrictions on Cuba, prohibiting Americans from staying at government-owned hotels in the country as well as making it...
Swisher Responds to FDA’s Proposed Flavored Cigar Ban
In April 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed plans to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars . While the potential ban...
FDA to Focus on Nicotine Addiction and Premium Cigars in 2018
On Dec. 14, 2017, the Scott Gottlieb of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed some of his agency’s major policy goals for...
