The FDA issued this morning its long-awaited deeming regulations, which will subject all tobacco products (including e-cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco) to the FDA’s regulatory authority. We are currently digesting the regulations and will be posting a series of blog entries regarding various aspects.
Our initial impression is that, notwithstanding…
The House Appropriations Committee recently approved funding language that would exempt traditional large and premium cigars from FDA regulation and substantially lessen the regulatory burden on vapor products.
We are excited to be participating in the 2016 Food and Drug Law Institute (“FDLI”) Annual Conference. This two-day conference on May 5-6, 2016 will host experts from the federal government in addition to representatives from the private sector. Bryan Haynes will be speaking on Thursday, May 5th in a…
On April 1, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the state could impose a special tax on cigarette manufacturers that were not part of a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement reached with the major tobacco companies in the late 1990s.
The Troutman Sanders Tobacco Team was recently quoted in a Tampa Tribune article discussing the potential impact of the FDA’s deeming regulations on the premium cigar industry in general, and one Tampa-area business (J.C. Newman Cigar Company) in particular.
We will be attending the National Association of Tobacco Outlets’ trade show in Las Vegas on April 19-21. The show will feature a presentation by FDA Center for Tobacco Products Director Mitch Zeller. Amid speculation that the FDA’s deeming regulations could be issued imminently, Director Zeller is expected to speak…
The Hawaii Senate has passed a bill that would tax e-liquids and “electronic smoking devices.” The bill now awaits further action in the Hawaii House of Representatives.
A bill introduced March 25, 2016 in the Vermont legislature proposes to impose an excise tax on e-cigarettes by redefining “other tobacco products” to include any product manufactured from, derived from, or containing tobacco that is intended for human consumption, including electronic cigarettes that have not been approved by the…
The Georgia House and Senate have both approved a new law that would change nonparticipating manufacturers’ (non-signatories to the 1998 tobacco Master Settlement Agreement) responsibilities for making escrow payments for cigarette sales in the state. The bill awaits the Governor’s signature.
On February 5, 2016, a New York City Judge ruled that vaping is not the same as smoking under New York State law and that e-cigarette use is not necessarily banned in the same places as smoking.
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