LATEST ALERTS
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued complaints for civil money penalties (CMPs) against 22 retailers for the
US - General: Healthier Choices Management (HCMC) is suing RJ Reynolds Vapor Co. seeking royalties from sales of its Vuse Alto vape pens,
US - Oregon: Washington County Circuit Court judge Andrew Erwin has ruled against the county’s flavoured tobacco ban. The ban was part of
US - Federal: Doughnut chain Dunkin’ has sued e-cigarette maker Singh Handicraft in the New York federal court, claiming its “Vapin’ Donuts” products violate the
US - Federal: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced it has launched an investigation based on a patent-infringement complaint filed by Njoy’s
US - Federal: Registration is now open for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s two-day public meeting (23rd and 24th October) on the premarket
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is requesting nominations by 11th October for a
US - New York: Governor Kathy Hochul has signed public health legislation (A1025/S50) that amends the public buildings law to prohibit the sale of tobacco products in vending
US - Federal: Yesterday, 14th September, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to 15 online retailers and 3 manufacturers
US - California: Bill AB 935 has passed the Senate after amendments, which have been concurred in by the House, and has now
US - General: Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has sent a letter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf.
US - Federal: Pastel Cartel, the manufacturer of Esco Bars vaping devices, has filed a lawsuit with the US Federal District Court in the Western
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administrations (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has launched new resources to help applicants navigate the
US - Federal: Brian King, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) spoke at the Smoker
US - Federal: A bipartisan coalition of 33 state attorneys general have signed a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging it to
US - Federal: The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has found that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed
US - Federal: Indiana attorney general, Todd Rokita, has sent a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing his concerns
US - Federal: On 10th March 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed rule titled "Requirements for Tobacco Product
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent out many more warning letters than usual to e-cigarette manufacturers for
US - General: Njoy has asked the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban the importation and sale of certain Juul products, including
US - Hawaii: Honolulu Council chair Tommy Waters said recently that the proposed flavour ban on tobacco products and e-cigs in Honolulu is
US - Connecticut: Democrat Richard Blumenthal and other senators are calling for new initiatives on teen e-cigarette use. One of their first priorities
US - Virginia: The Leesburg Police Department conducted an under-age vaping operation at 29 retail stores in the town and charged four salespeople
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new warning letters to manufacturers and distributors of e-liquid products that
US - Illinois: Senate Bill 1561 has been approved by the governor. This bill amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act, including the use of
US - general: A federal judge in California has said he plans to approve Juul’s $255m settlement despite multiple objections “in order to
US - general: Juul Labs is seeking to raise around $1bn in funding, according to Bloomberg. The report quotes an anonymous source “familiar
US - Illinois: House Bill 1540 has been signed into law by governor J.B. Pritzker, amending the Smoke-Free Illinois Act of 2008. The amendment now bans the use
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to Brash LLC d/b/a Smooth Vapes Hawaii and Stella Blues Vapors Inc
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issue warning letters to three distributors – ABS Distribution Inc., EC Supply, Inc., and Easy
US - Maine: Bill LD 1215 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the House. It would ban the sale and distribution of tobacco products and
US - general: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published the results of a 2021 survey concluding that 4.5% of over-18s
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has announced that it will hold a virtual
US - Illinois: As of 23rd July 2023, retailers are no longer allowed to distribute any flavoured liquid nicotine product – except for
US - general: Juul Labs has announced the submission to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the first premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) for its
Federal: "This [Biden] administration would make criminals of law-abiding citizens while granting actual felons early release and encouraging illicit drug use," said senator
US - General: Alli Boughner, vice president of American Vapor Manufacturers (AVM), has published a piece in the American Council on Science and
US - general: The US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund has released a report advocating federal and state legislation to ban or impose restrictions
US - federal: New York City mayor Eric Adams and counsel Sylvia Hinds-Radix have announced that the city has filed a federal lawsuit against four distributors
US - Hawaii: Governor Josh Green has signed Senate Bill 975, now Act 62, saying it will “help reduce exposure to harmful chemicals and decrease the number
US - general: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dismissed a complaint brought against Altria and Juul Labs over the tobacco giant’s December 2018 purchase
US - general: Juul Labs has filed complaints against Njoy with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the United States District Court
US - Louisiana: The excise tax on vapour products increased on 1st July from $0.05 per ml to $0.15 per ml, as stipulated
US - general: Associated Press is reporting that the number of different e-cigarette devices sold in the US has almost tripled to more
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday, 22nd June, that it had “issued warning letters to 189 retailers for selling
US - general: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied a petition by e-cigarette manufacturer and importer Magellan Technology
