Oregon has enacted a new “equity assessment” upon non-signatories to the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). We previously blogged about the bill’s introduction. The law replaces Oregon’s escrow deposit system, applicable to tobacco product manufacturers that are nonparticipating manufacturers (NPMs)
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FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products to Hold Public Meeting on PMTA Process
The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (“CTP”) will hold a two-day public meeting on the agency’s premarket tobacco product application (“PMTA”) process. The meeting will be held October 23-24 and can be attended in person in Silver…
U.S. District Court Vacates FDA Deeming Rule With Respect To Premium Cigars
Yesterday, August 9, 2023, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued his decision vacating the decision of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to “deem” premium cigars covered by FDA’s 2016 rule…
FDA Touts “Significant Strides” in Addressing Reagan-Udall Report but Acknowledges More Work Remains
Our team has previously written about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to the Reagan-Udall Foundation report on the Center for Tobacco Product’s operations. If you missed our prior posts, check them out at the links below:…
Troutman Pepper Team to Attend the 2023 FTA Tobacco Section Annual Conference
Agustin Rodriguez and Nicholas Ramos of the Troutman Pepper Tobacco Team will be attending the 2023 Federation of Tax Administration (FTA) Tobacco Section Annual Conference. This in-person event will be held in Tucson, Arizona from August 20-23, 2023, and presents…
Virginia’s New Hemp Regulations – How It Affects Businesses
Virginia’s new hemp-derived products statutes (Va. Code § 3.2-5145.1 et seq.) went into effect as of July 1, standing to drastically alter the availability of hemp-derived products in Virginia.…
FDA Warns 189 Retailers of Elf Bar and Esco Bar Vapes Regarding Unauthorized Sales
FDA recently announced the issuance of warnings letters to 189 retailers found to be selling unauthorized tobacco products, specifically Elf Bars and Esco Bars.
As a result of the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA),…
What RJ Reynolds’ Calif. Suit Means for Tobacco Regulation
Published in Law360 on June 27, 2023. © Copyright 2023, Portfolio Media, Inc., publisher of Law360. Reprinted here with permission.
On May 11, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Inc. went on the offensive to keep its new line of nonmenthol cigarettes…
Congress Urges FDA to Complete Its Review of E-Cigarette Applications
On June 8, more than 50 members of Congress signed a letter addressed to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf, expressing concerns over FDA’s delays in reviewing pending Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs) and its failure to…
Inside FDA’s Response to Reagan-Udall Foundation Report: Spotlight on the Public Education Campaigns and Resources Task Forces
This is the fifth post in our multipart series evaluating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) response to the Reagan-Udall Foundation report (the Report) on the operations of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). If you missed our prior posts…