LATEST ALERTS
US - General: Altria Group has asked the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to drop its 2020 challenge of the company's 2018 acquisition
US - Federal: Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is proposing new requirements for tobacco product manufacturers regarding the
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new webinar to assist manufacturers and vape shop owners in responding
US - Texas: House Bill 1872 has passed its first reading and been referred to the Committee on Public Health. The bill would
US - general: Tobacco giant Altria has entered into an agreement to acquire e-cigarette manufacturer Njoy for approximately $2.75bn. The purchase will give Altria control
US - Alaska: Senate Bill 89 has been introduced, which would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco, nicotine and vaping products from 19 to
US - general: Altria has announced that it has exchanged its investment in Juul Labs for a non-exclusive global licence to certain of Juul’s heated
US - New York: State Assembly bill A 4932 has been introduced. This bill would prohibit the sale of any vapour or tobacco
US - Hawaii: The House Committee on Finance has recommended that House Bill 551 be passed unamended. The bill would prohibit the sale of flavoured
US - Texas: Two bills affecting e-cigarette sales have been introduced in the House. House Bill 3027 would make the sale or transfer of single-use
US - Minnesota: A US appeals court has upheld a ban on flavoured tobacco products imposed by the city of Edina. The US Court
US general: Altria is reportedly in advanced talks to buy e-cigarette startup Njoy for at least $2.75bn. According to the Reuters news agency, the
US - California: The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition from RJ Reynolds Vapor and two other companies seeking to overturn Los Angeles
US - Federal: In December 2022, an independent expert panel facilitated by the Reagan-Udall Foundation issued its report on the operational evaluation of the Center
US - General: A Florida federal judge has ordered Shenzhen Weiboli Technology to stop selling its Elf Bar brand e-cigarettes in the US.
US - Virginia: House Bill 2296 has passed the Senate after amendments, agreed to by the House, and is now awaiting the governor's
US - California: Assembly Bill 935 has been introduced, which would prohibit tobacco product sales to anyone born after 1st January 2007. The
US - Idaho: Bill H 199 has just been introduced. This bill would include electronic smoking devices within the definition of tobacco products for
US - federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced it had “filed civil money penalty (CMP) complaints against four tobacco product manufacturers for
US - Hawaii: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection has recommended that Senate Bill 1447 be passed with amendments. The bill would leave counties the
US - federal: Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has introduced the Disposable ENDS Product Enforcement Act of 2023, which she says will "close the loophole
US - New Mexico: House Bill 124 will be heard by the House Taxation & Revenue Committee next Monday, 20th February. This bill would change
US - Texas: Senate Bill 920 has been introduced, which would ban the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products with any flavour other than
US - general: A cross-party group of 13 prominent US senators have written an open letter to Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra,
US - Vermont: A hearing in the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare has been scheduled for 22nd February on Senate Bill 18,
US - Ohio: The Cleveland City Council is considering a city-wide ban on the sale of flavoured tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and menthol
US - Hawaii: Yesterday, House Bill 537 HD1 passed the second reading. The bill proposes a "tax equal based on the manufacturer's list
US - Vermont: House Bill H204 has been introduced, which would ban the sale of tobacco products, e-liquids, or tobacco substitutes in any flavour other
US - New York: Senate Bill S4399 has been introduced, which would ban all retailing of flavoured nicotine vapour products.
US - general: Following the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s scathing report to FDA commissioner Robert Califf on the agency’s tobacco program, the American Vapor Manufacturers Association (AVA)
US - Virginia: House Bill 2296 and Senate Bill 1350, which would have imposed tax at $0.066 per ml on nicotine e-liquids in closed systems, and
US - New York: Governor Kathy Hochul has been criticised by state Democrats over the proposed statewide ban on tobacco and e-cigarette flavours, media reports.
US - Texas: House Bill 1872 has been introduced, which would ban the sale or donation of e-cigarettes with any distinguishable taste or aroma other
US - New York: Bill A 2119 has been introduced, which proposes taxing e-cigarette cartridges at the same rate as tobacco products. Bill
US - Connecticut: Attorney general William Tong has submitted testimony in support of House Bill 6488, which would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products,
US - Hawaii: House Bill 860 has been introduced, which would raise the minimum legal age to purchase and possess tobacco products and
US - Georgia: House Bill 192 has been introduced. This bill would increase the tax rate on vapour products. All vapour products would be
US - New York: Senate Bill S3356 has been introduced. This bill would require e-cigarettes and e-liquid products to be sold in separate specific
US - general: A North Carolina federal judge has ruled that RJ Reynolds Vapor must pay ongoing royalties to Altria for a pod-style vape, after
US - General: British American Tobacco (BAT) will appeal the marketing denial orders (MDOs) for its Vuse Vibe Tank Menthol 3.0% and Vuse
US - General: New warning letters have been sent out by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to e-liquid manufacturers for manufacturing/selling/distributing e-liquid products
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has denied RJ Reynolds Vapor Company permission to continue selling two menthol e-cigarette products
US - Hawaii: House Bill (HB) 1076 has been introduced. This bill would ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products and mislabelled e-liquid products.
US - general: A US district judge has granted Juul Labs preliminary court approval of a $255m settlement resolving claims by consumers that
US - Oregon: House Bill 3090 has been introduced, which would ban the sale of flavoured “tobacco products”, including e-cigarettes, containing either natural or
US - Vermont: The state Senate has introduced bill S 18, which would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and
US - General: The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has granted Triton Distribution’s petition for a rehearing of its appeal
US - New York: Senate Bill S2133 has been introduced. It would ban the sale of e-cigarettes that contain certain toxic metals, and
US - Hawaii: Senate Bill 148 has been introduced, which would prohibit the sale or furnishing of a tobacco product or e-cigarette to anyone born on
