LATEST ALERTS
US - Federal: Pax Labs has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California against its competitor
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued complaints for civil money penalties (CMPs) against 21 bricks-and-mortar retailers for
US - Tennessee: House Bill 2252 has been introduced. It would levy a tax on vapour products in a manner similar to the tax
US - Federal: Just a week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied Bidi Vapor’s premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for its
US - Ohio: Local governments in Ohio cannot enact tobacco and nicotine rules, meaning that those regulations must come from the state level.
US - Federal: Yesterday (22nd January), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a marketing denial order (MDO) to Bidi Vapor for its
US - Hawaii: Senate Bill 2691 has been introduced. It would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products and mislabelled e-liquids that contain
US - Federal: The manufacturer of Smok vaping products and a Texas vape distributor have filed an appeal against the Food and Drug
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to Shenzhen Youme Information Technology for two Suorin
US - New Mexico: Senate Bill 72 has been introduced, which would increase the tax rates on e-cigarettes. The rate would be 44%
US - New Mexico: Senate Bill 80 has been introduced and would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products in the state. A
US - Hawaii: House Bill 1693 has been introduced and would require the Department of Health to establish and administer an electronic smoking
US - Nebraska: Two bills have been introduced. Legislative Bill (LB) 1299 would increase the tax rate to 20% of "(i) the purchase
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to Shenzhen IVPS Technology for 22 Smok vaping
US - Colorado: Senate Bill (SB) 24-022 has been introduced. The bill would allow Colorado counties to regulate the distribution of tobacco products and
US - Federal: Senate Democrat Dick Durbin has criticised the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) again for its long-overdue review of premarket tobacco
US - Illinois: Senate Bill (SB) 2662 has been introduced. The bill would restrict a manufacturer, distributor or retailer from advertising, marketing or promoting
US - Indiana: Senate Bill (SB) 227 has been introduced. The bill would require manufacturers of alternative nicotine products and vapour products to
US - Virginia: Senate Bill (SB) 550 has been introduced. The bill would require the attorney general to establish a directory that lists
US - Maine: Hallowell is yet another city in Maine seeking to ban the sale of flavoured vaping and other tobacco products, including
US - Federal: Yesterday (8th January), the US Supreme Court declined to hear tobacco company RJ Reynolds' challenge to a California law banning
US - Missouri: House Bill 2211 has been introduced and would establish provisions relating to the creation of a vapour product directory. If approved,
US - Kentucky: House Bill 142 has been introduced, which would require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to establish a vapour retail
US - Federal: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed marketing denial orders (MDOs) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration
US - Federal: US senators sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf urging the FDA’s Center for Tobacco
US - Federal: Yesterday, 14th December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced “the
US - Federal: Yesterday, 13th December, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) issued warning letters to 11
US - Maine: The Falmouth Town Council voted 5-2 to impose a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that will
US - Federal: Members of Congress have sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders
US - Texas: Texas comptroller Glenn Hegar has published an announcement reminding retailers that as of 1st January 2024 it will be a
US - California: San Francisco city attorney David Chiu announced that the city is suing three online tobacco retailers for unlawfully selling flavoured
US - New York: Bill S 7771 has been introduced that seeks to prohibit the sale of disposable e-cigarettes in the state. Any
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has published a new webinar, which provides information on
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to seven online retailers for selling and/or distributing unauthorised e-cigarettes.
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has increased the civil money penalties that tobacco companies
US - Louisiana: The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control has released a list of approved e-сigarettes and alternative nicotine products, known
US - General: Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares has sent a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf,
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to seven online retailers for selling unauthorised e-cigarettes. The
US - Colorado: Proposition II, Tobacco and Nicotine Product Tax Revenue Measure (2023) was approved by public vote on the 7th November ballot.
US - New York: Bill A 8243 has been introduced. The bill would require random, quarterly inspections of retail premises authorised to sell
US - General: The 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control
US - New York: Bill A 5994 has been signed by the governor. This bill prohibits misrepresenting any facts about the health consequences
US - Federal: The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied Logic Technology Development’s petition for review of the marketing denial
US - Federal: Altria Group has reported that its e-cigarette subsidiary Njoy has filed a lawsuit against 34 foreign and domestic manufacturers, distributors
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to RJ Reynolds Vapor Company for six flavoured
US - Federal: The US Supreme Court declined to hear arguments against the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rejection of Avail Vapor’s application to market
US - Federal: The Community Access, Resources, and Empowerment (CARE) for Moms Act has been introduced in Congress by Democrats Dick Durbin and
