FDA Unified Agenda Flavor Ban

FDA Takes Aim at Flavors and Nicotine Addiction in Fall 2018 Unified Agenda

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its regulatory roadmap known as the Unified Regulatory Agenda. This document outlines the regulatory priorities...
FDA Menthol Cigarettes

FDA to Issue Menthol and Flavored Cigar Product Standards in 2022

As part of a webinar presented by the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) on Dec. 2, 2021, it was revealed that the U.S....
Cigar Groups Accuse FDA of Infringing on Commercial Free Speech

Cigar Advocacy Groups Claim FDA Is Infringing on Commercial Free Speech

Are increased tobacco user fees and bigger warning label requirements infringing on cigar manufacturers’ Constitutional rights? According to several cigar industry advocacy groups, the...
A Cautionary Tale: Australia's Over Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine

A Cautionary Tale: Australia’s Over Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine

As tobacco businesses in the U.S. continue to come to terms with operating under increased regulations, observing how other countries are handling tobacco regulation...
Scott Gottlieb Comments on FDA Regulations on Premium Cigars

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Comments on Premium Cigars and Regulation

The recently appointed new head of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Scott Gottlieb, made some of his first public comments about...
FDA | Premium Cigar Regulation

PCA and the CRA Comment on Substantial Equivalence Extension

The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of America (CRA) are commending the decision made by the courts to extend the Substantial Equivalence...
FDA's Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Bans Expected this Spring

FDA’s Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Bans on Track

In recent years the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken steps to regulate the tobacco industry, mostly focusing on the Electronic Nicotine...
New York Moves Closer to Adopting Tobacco 21 Legislation

New York State Moves Closer to Adopting Tobacco 21 Legislation

As has been the trend for the past few years, another state is moving toward adopting Tobacco 21 legislation. On March 6, 2019, lawmakers...
Warning Shot

Warning Shot: Behind the Warning Label Delay

As many in the industry are aware, one of the major aspects of the FDA’s deeming regulations is the requirement that: (1) cigarmakers must...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA Ordered to Submit Quarterly Reports on PMTA Review Process

There's a change coming to the FDA's Premarket Tobacco Application (PMTA) review process. On April 15, 2022, Judge Paul W. Grimm of the U.S....
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