New York’s Proposed Budget Could Mean Higher Cigar Taxes
If Gov. Andrew Cuomo has his way, taxes will increase dramatically on cigars. The same bill also proposes a ban on flavored tobacco products,...
Cigar Industry Lawsuit Against FDA’s Deeming Rule Moves Forward
The Cigar Association of America, the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailer Association and Cigar Rights of America filed a motion for Summary Judgement...
FDA Questions Legality of Over 40 E-Cigarette and ENDS Products
In its latest move impacting the electronic cigarette category, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to 21 different manufacturers and...
Federal Judge Invalidates FDA Graphic Cigarette Health Warnings
On Dec. 7, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a decision vacating the FDA’s graphic cigarette health warning...
Scott Gottlieb Gets Confirmation from Senate for new FDA Position
Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, May 11, 2017, in...
FDA Releases Final Regulation for New Cigarette Warning Labels
As the nation deals with the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a final rule that will bring about...
FDA Releases Updated Guidance For Cigar Warning Statements
Following the July 2018 announcement that a federal judge had delayed the cigar and pipe tobacco warning statements, now the U.S. Food and Drug...
FDA Authorizes Three New Heated Tobacco Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the marketing of three new tobacco-flavored heated tobacco products from Phillip Morris. These newly authorized products...
State Tobacco Legislative Update
In the past week, several state tobacco-related bills have either been introduced or acted on by a state legislative committee or state legislature. Here...
2023 Update on FDA Regulations
The following article was contributed by the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO)
On Jan. 4, 2023, the Biden Administration released an updated Unified Agenda...