LATEST ALERTS
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
US - Texas: House Bill 4758 has been signed by the governor. This bill prohibits any e-cigarette container that "(1) depicts a cartoon-like
US - General: Members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging
US - Hawaii: Senate Bill 975, a companion to House Bill 833, has been signed by governor Josh Green, bringing in the state’s first ever
US - general: E-cigarette maker VPR Brands has asked the Federal Circuit Court to maintain a court order banning the sale of Elf Bar vapes,
US - general: The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) and other retail associations have asked the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
US – federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued warning letters to 30 retailers it accused of selling various unauthorised
US - New York: Kent Sopris, president of the New York Association of Convenience Stores, has published an opinion piece about stopping teen
US - Texas: House Bill 4758 has been passed by both the House and the Senate and sent to the governor for signature. It
US - General: IMiracle Shenzhen Technology Co. Ltd. – the manufacturer of Elf Bar, Lost Mary and EBDesign – issued a statement about
US - Texas: House Bill 4758 has been passed by the Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk. It would ban e-cigarette containers that depict cartoon-like characters;
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has hired its first senior advisor for health equality.
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Import Alert 98-06, allowing the agency to detain new tobacco products, such as
US - Louisiana: House Bill 179 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. The bill would ban the sale or service of any e-liquid or
US - Federal: On 12th May, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to ten companies that collectively
US - general: Altria has announced that it has agreed to pay $235m to settle at least 6,000 Juul-related state and federal lawsuits. “While
US - Texas: House Bill 4722, which would tax non-tobacco nicotine products, has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. It
US - Texas: House Bill 4758 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. This bill would prohibit an
US - Illinois: Cook County has introduced an ordinance to ban the sale of flavoured liquid nicotine products. With a population of over 5m, Cook County
US - Alaska: House Bill 176 has been introduced. This bill would impose a tax on closed electronic smoking products and vapour products in
US - General: Altria Group Inc and Juul Labs Inc. are facing trial today in a lawsuit brought by San Francisco's public school
US - Louisiana: House Bill 635 has been introduced, which would increase the tax rate on vaping products to 15% of the retail sales
US - New York: Senate Bill S6395 has been introduced. The bill would prohibit the operation of any vending machine that dispenses tobacco products
US - General: Juul Labs and its former investor Altria have reached a settlement with the state of Minnesota over Juul’s alleged deceptive
US - General: Truth Initiative has issued a statement on last week’s settlement between Juul and seven states: “By imposing stringent restrictions on the
US - General: Juul Labs has issued a statement regarding this week's settlement with seven states: "The terms of the agreement, like prior
US - Texas: House Bill 4481 is scheduled for a public hearing on Monday, 17th April. The bill would establish a directory of e-cigarettes and alternative nicotine products
US - Maine: Bill LD 1558 has been introduced in the state Legislature, aiming to ban the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and stores
US - Federal: A coalition of public health advocates and physicians – including the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the
US - Arkansas: House Bill 1725 has passed the House and been sent to the Senate. Among its provisions, it would establish safety inspections
US - North Carolina: Senate Bill 174 has been enacted and signed by governor Roy Cooper. It amends the definition of vapour products for tax
US - Ohio: Public opinion is split over Cleveland's proposed tobacco product flavour ban. On the one hand, the argument in favour of the ban
US - New York: Bill A 5994 has just been introduced. This bill prohibits misrepresenting any facts about the health consequences of using
US - federal: The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability has announced that it is investigating the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center
US - Louisiana: House Bill 179 has been introduced, which would prohibit the sale or service of any e-liquid or vapour product with “a characterizing flavor”
US - general: Juul Labs and its former major investor Altria face their first US trial this week over claims that they promoted
US - General: The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has granted RJ Reynolds Vapor Company's motion for a stay pending
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new webpage listing all the tobacco products-related citizen petitions received by the agency’s
US - Maine: Legislative Document (LD) 1215 and LD 1174 have been introduced. Both would ban the sale of all flavoured tobacco products,
US - federal: Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate Elf Bar for allegedly
US - General: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) for two menthol e-cigarette products currently marketed by
US - New York: The New York State Senate and New York State Assembly have rejected governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to ban sales
US - Nevada: Assembly Bill 294 has passed its first reading and been referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services. It would ban the
US - Texas: House Bill 3022, which would ban the sale of single-use e-cigarettes, has passed its first reading and been referred to the Committee
US - Texas: House Bill 4758 has been introduced. This bill would prohibit any e-cigarette container that "(1) depicts a cartoon-like fictional character that
US - Federal: The proposed rule "Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practice" has been officially published. One of the reasons behind it, regarding
US - Texas: House Bill 4353 has been introduced. This bill would impose a tax on e-cigarettes and alternative nicotine products when a person makes
