Earlier this week, the Troutman Sanders tobacco team attended the 82nd International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association trade show (“IPCPR”) in Las Vegas, Nevada. We were fortunate that Smokeshop Magazine generously agreed to share their booth with us – thanks again!  We enjoyed visiting with all of our

Members of the Troutman Sanders tobacco practice will attend the 82nd International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association Annual Convention & International Trade Show from July 19-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada. We will be at the Smokeshop Magazine booth, and look forward to seeing those of you attending the show

Earlier this week, the Tobacco Merchants Association hosted a conference on the FDA’s proposed tobacco product deeming regulations, which would subject a host of new products — including e-cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco — to the FDA’s regulatory authority.  The Troutman Sanders tobacco team participated in the discussion regarding how the industry can best contribute to the ongoing debate as to how these products should be regulated, if at all.

The Troutman Sanders tobacco practice is excited to participate in the upcoming 2014 Tobacco Merchants Association (“TMA”) Annual Meeting held May 19-22 in Williamsburg, Virginia.  The year’s theme is, “Evidence-Based Science, Electronic Cigarettes, & Tobacco Harm Reduction”. Cigarette company executives and other representatives from both the tobacco and e-cigarette industries will also be present at the conference.

The Electronic Cigarette Industry Group (ECIG) announced Wednesday that they would be opening a new office in D.C.  Bryan Haynes, a partner in Troutman Sanders’ tobacco practice, supports the group’s government affairs department.  ECIG has been expanding rapidly in the face of the looming deeming regulations expected from the FDA, and the muddy waters of state government regulation.