LATEST ALERTS
US - Louisiana: House Bill 621 has passed both the House and the Senate and has been sent to the governor for signature. This
US - New York: Assembly Bill A10377 has been introduced. The bill would prohibit labelling or marketing vapour products with certain terms, designs
US - Federal: A coalition of 78 leading public health, medical, education, community and other organisations called on the US Food and Drug
US - Federal: On 20th May, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated Import Alert 98-06 to include ShenZhen Fumot Technology and
US - Federal: In March, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Searchable Tobacco Products Database, a new list of tobacco products
US - Massachusetts: The New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA) has launched the “Citizens for Adult Choice” campaign, in order
US - General: Njoy, a subsidiary of Altria, has announced its submission of a supplemental premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the US
US - Federal: The White House has released a statement on what it refers to as “China’s unfair trade practices concerning technology transfer, intellectual property,
US - Federal: The next director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Office of Compliance and
US - Iowa: House File (HF) 2677, which is awaiting the governor’s signature, would create a public directory where vapour products would have
US - Federal: US Senate majority whip Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called on Brian King – director of
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the issuance of warning letters to 14 online retailers for selling unauthorised
US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta has announced that the California Department of Justice is now accepting proposals for the 2024-2025 Tobacco
US - Federal: The US Marshals Service seized more than 45,000 unauthorised e-cigarette products valued at more than $700,000 in California. The seized products
US - Florida: House Bill (HB) 1007 has been enacted. HB 1007 authorises the attorney general to establish a directory listing nicotine-dispensing devices considered
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued civil money penalties (CMPs) against 20 bricks-and-mortar retailers and two online retailers for
US - Federal: Tobacco researchers Benjamin Toll and Tracy Smith – partnered with Brian King, director of the Center for Tobacco Products at the US
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to Shenzhen Yibo Technology for 65 disposable e-cigarettes
US - Ohio: A coalition of 14 cities in Ohio has filed a lawsuit challenging the state law that prevents cities and counties from
US - New York: Bill S 9012 has been introduced, which would create a vapour product directory in the state. The attorney general must
US - New York: New York City mayor Eric Adams and New York City corporation counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix reported that the city
US - Federal: The US House Oversight and Accountability Committee has announced a hearing that will examine the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
US - Mississippi: Senate Bill (SB) 2886 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor’s desk. The bill would establish
US - Vermont: Governor Phil Scott has vetoed S 18, which would have banned the sale of flavoured tobacco products, including menthol, because he
US - Federal: On 26th March, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the issuance of warning letters to 61 bricks-and-mortar retailers for
US - Utah: Senate Bill (SB) 61 has been signed by the governor. The bill prohibits the sale of e-cigarette products that have not
US - Vermont: Senate Bill 18 has been passed by the House and goes back to the Senate, which passed a different version of
US - Federal: A group of nearly 70 House Republicans has sent a letter to president Joe Biden calling on his administration to expedite the
US - Utah: Senate Bill 61 has passed both the Senate and the House and has just been sent to the governor for signature.
US - Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Supreme Court has upheld a “tobacco-free generation” law passed in 2020 by the town of Brookline that bans
US - Federal: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced it will investigate oil vaporising devices, components and products manufactured and sold
US - Colorado: House Bill (HB) 24-1356 has been introduced. HB 24-1356 would require the attorney general’s office to maintain a directory of manufacturers
US - Federal: A Tenth Circuit Court three-judge panel ruled unanimously against Cloud 9 Vapor Products and Electric Clouds in their consolidated Food and
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the issuance of warning letters to five online retailers for selling unauthorised e-cigarette products. These warning
US - Minnesota: A Senate bill has been introduced that would prohibit deceptive vapour products in the state. According to SF 4351, any
US - Kentucky: Senate Bill (SB) 344, which would establish a vapour directory in the state, has been introduced. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 550 has been passed by the House and now heads to the governor's desk. The bill would
US - Mississippi: Senate Bill (SB) 2886 has been introduced, which would establish a “nicotine vapor device directory” by 1st August 2024. SB
US - Georgia: Senate Bill (SB) 537 has been introduced. The bill would remove the tax difference that currently exists between closed-system and
US - Utah: House Bill 566 has been introduced, which would make it unlawful to give, distribute, sell or offer for sale the
US - California: Assembly Bill 3218 has been introduced, which would require the attorney general to establish and maintain a list of tobacco product
US - New York: Bill A 9224 has been introduced, which would prohibit the sale of tobacco products and vapour products within 500
US - Maine: The Hallowell City Council voted to end the sale of flavoured nicotine products, including menthol, in the city. Hallowell, with
US - Georgia: House Bill 1260 has been introduced, which would require the commissioner of agriculture to establish and maintain a directory of
US - Federal: Republican representatives Rob Wittman of Virginia and Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois wrote a letter to US Food and Drug Administration
US - North Carolina: North Carolina attorney general Josh Stein announced the launch of an online, searchable public depository that will contain nearly
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to Fontem for five e-cigarette products: four
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that it has reached a global settlement with British American Tobacco (BAT) that resolves all ongoing
US - Federal: Yesterday (1st February), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to 14 online retailers for selling unauthorised
