A bill pending in the Utah legislature, House Bill 372, would tax and regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products under Utah law.
If enacted, the bill would redefine the term “tobacco product” to include e-cigarettes and cartridges. This would impose the tobacco products tax on e-cigarettes, which is 86% of…
We reported last month on a bill in Mississippi that would have nearly doubled the fee applicable to non-signatories to the state’s tobacco settlement agreement. We can now report that the bill has died in committee, and it therefore appears that the fee will remain at its current rate of 27 cents per pack
Bryan Haynes of the Troutman Sanders Tobacco practice was recently quoted in The Atlantic article, “The FDA is Keeping New Cigarettes Off the Market“.
Haynes explains why tobacco companies believe this violates the obvious intent of the law. “Why would you have a 180-day review for a presumably
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The Tobacco Control Act requires specific health warnings for smokeless tobacco products. The packaging and advertising of smokeless tobacco products must contain one of the following four specified warning statements:
On February 26, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York’s ruling upholding a New York City local ordinance that prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, anywhere in the city other than at existing “tobacco bars.” As we reported in a December 15, 2011 blog post, Plaintiffs U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Manufacturing Company, LLC and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Brands Inc. sued the City of New York, challenging a city ordinance on grounds that the ordinance is preempted by the federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (“Tobacco Control Act”). The District Court awarded summary judgment in favor of the City and dismissed the lawsuit.
Officials with the American Lung Association and American Cancer Society are complaining about an advertisement aired during the Super Bowl for electronic cigarettes.
Fox’s Washington, D.C. affiliate WTTG recently did a report on electronic cigarettes. The report discusses the recent popularity of e-cigarettes, and cites an FDA statement that “FDA intends to propose regulation that would extend the agency’s ‘tobacco product’ authorities … further research is needed to assess the potential public health…
We enjoyed seeing our friends and meeting new ones at the Tobacco Plus Expo show in Las Vegas on January 30-31. We also attended a meeting of electronic cigarette companies just before the show.
Companion bills recently introduced in the Minnesota legislature would tax little cigars at the same rates as cigarettes.
Two bills recently introduced in Congress would substantially increase federal excise taxes on tobacco products, and probably allow the imposition of new federal excise taxes on e-cigarettes.
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