On February 15, the Senate confirmed cardiologist Robert M. Califf, M.D., to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He’s no stranger to the agency. Dr. Califf served a brief stint as FDA’s commissioner of food and drugs from February 2016 to January 2017, and before that, he was deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco from February 2015 until February 2016. So what might his appointment mean for the tobacco industry? We have five takeaways.
March 2022
Bill Regulating Synthetic Nicotine Clears Congress
Posted in FDA, Legislation
As part of a federal funding bill, language giving the Food and Drug Administration authority over synthetic nicotine, and any other nicotine that is not derived from tobacco, was passed by Congress on March 11. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law soon.
Troutman Pepper Tobacco Team to Attend TMA 2022: Policy and Practice
Posted in Conferences and Events
Bryan Haynes, Agustin Rodriguez and Nick Ramos of the Troutman Pepper Tobacco Team will attend TMA 2022: Policy & Practice in Leesburg, Virginia on March 28-30, 2022. This is TMA’s first in-person conference since 2019 and comes as the tobacco and nicotine industry is at another crossroads as we confront…
Philadelphia Flavor Ban Case Results in Permanent Injunction Against the City
Posted in Significant Cases
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered a permanent injunction against Philadelphia’s enforcement of an ordinance banning the sale of certain flavored tobacco products, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against the same.
Litigation over a local flavor ban came to a close on March 8, 2022, with Judge Gene E.K. Pratter of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entering a permanent injunction:
- prohibiting the City of Philadelphia from enforcing City Ordinance No. 180457 (the “Ordinance”); and
- requiring the City to void and withdraw any and all regulations regarding the Ordinance.
The case is Cigar Association of America, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, et al., No. 2:20-cv-03220 (E.D. Pa.).