LATEST ALERTS
US - Kentucky: Senate Bill (SB) 100 has been passed by both chambers and now goes to the governor. SB100 would establish a licensing
US - Massachusetts: House Bill (HB) 3067 has been introduced. HB 3067 would introduce a new tax on oral nicotine products in Massachusetts,
US - Massachusetts: Senate Bill (SB) 1568 has been introduced. SB 1568 would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to individuals born on or
US - Federal: A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – based on data from the National Health Interview Survey
US - Mississippi: House Bill (HB) 916 has been passed by both the House and the Senate and now goes to the governor.
US - Federal: US Senate Democratic whip Dick Durbin, along with several Senate Democratic colleagues, has introduced the End Tobacco Loopholes Act to close
US - Florida: House Bill 785 has been introduced that would expand existing tobacco product definitions to explicitly include heated tobacco products (HTPs). The
US - Georgia: House Bill 96 has been introduced. The bill would amend Georgia’s tobacco tax law by increasing the excise tax on
US - Iowa: Senate Bill 1137 has been introduced. It would impose a tax on certain nicotine products, including e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches. For
US - Arkansas: Senate Bill 252 has been introduced. It would establish a new directory system managed by Arkansas Tobacco Control, requiring manufacturers to
US - Federal: The Trump administration has begun reducing the federal workforce, affecting agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers
US - Federal: Robert F Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
US - Illinois: Senate Bill (SB) 2338 has been introduced (a companion bill: House Bill 3606). It would introduce a new definition for “nicotine” that
US - North Dakota: House Bill (HB) 1570 has been introduced. It would expand the definition of tobacco products to include electronic smoking
US - New York: Assembly Bill A4619 has been introduced. It would define new terms like “flavored nicotine analogue product” and "nicotine analogue”. The
US - South Dakota: Senate Bill 194 has been introduced. It would expand the definition of “tobacco products” to include products containing nicotine or
US - Federal: President Donald Trump has agreed to delay proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days, after speaking with their
US - Hawaii: On 31st January, the House Committee on Health unanimously passed House Bill 756 to prohibit the sale of flavoured nicotine
US - Washington: House Bill 1203 seeks to ban flavoured tobacco and nicotine products – including heated tobacco, vape products and nicotine pouches
US/Canada: US president Donald Trump is implementing a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports
US - Federal: Yesterday, 29th January, we reported on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo freezing financial assistance programmes
US - Federal: A confirmation hearing is scheduled today for Robert F Kennedy Jr., president Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of
US - Federal: On Monday, 27th January, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo directing federal agencies to
US - Massachusetts: Several towns in Boston’s metropolitan area have approved a generational ban on tobacco products, making the sale of tobacco and
US - New York: Senate Bill S3196 has been introduced. S3196 would prohibit the retail sale of flavoured tobacco products in the state. The
US - Washington: Senate Bill (SB) 5526 has been introduced. SB 5526 would create a public state directory for all vapour products containing nicotine.
US - Federal: The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the attempt by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
US - Federal: A proposed rule on a tobacco product standard for menthol in cigarettes was withdrawn by president Donald Trump’s administration. The
US - Federal: On 21st January, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case brought by RJ Reynolds Vapor Company against
US - Federal: The administration under president Donald Trump has directed federal health agencies, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and
US - Federal: President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders, one of which freezes federal regulations that have not yet been issued –
US - Federal: President Donald Trump has announced his plans to impose a 10% tariff on Chinese imports, effective 1st February 2025, media
US - Mississippi: House Bill (HB) 916 has been introduced. HB 916 would create public state directories for both cigarettes and electronic nicotine
US - Hawaii: Senate Bill (SB) 972 has been introduced. SB 972 aims to prohibit the sale of flavoured nicotine products in Hawaii,
US - Georgia: Two bills have been introduced that would increase the tax rate on cigarettes. House Bill 83 would increase tax from $0.37 to
US - Connecticut: Senate Bill (SB) 792 has been introduced. SB 792 would impose an excise tax of 75% on the sale of non-tobacco
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing of 20 Zyn nicotine pouch products, marking its first-ever approval
US - Vermont: Following the release of last month's Vermont Young Adult Survey 2024, which shows an increase in non-smoking tobacco use among
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that aims to set a maximum nicotine level to reduce
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has released an overview of the center's accomplishments
US - New York: Assembly Bill A1709 has been introduced. A1709 would prohibit the sale of any vapour or tobacco products that contain the
US - New York: Assembly Bill A1687 has been introduced. A1687 would prohibit the packaging, sale and distribution of confectionery and candy designed to resemble a
US - Indiana: House Bill (HB) 1410 has been introduced. HB 1410 would ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products – which includes electronic
US - Maine: Governor Janet Mills released her biennial budget proposal, which includes a plan to raise the state’s cigarette tax rate. Highlighting that Maine’s
US - Nebraska: Legislative Bill 125 has been introduced, which would update Nebraska's tobacco and nicotine product regulations by introducing a new legal definition
US - Indiana: Senate Bill (SB) 322 has been introduced, which would prohibit the sale of tobacco products, including e-liquids and e-cigarettes, to people
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that the proposed rule “Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combusted
US - Washington: House Bill 1203 has been introduced. It would ban flavoured tobacco and nicotine products, including e-сigarettes. According to the bill, beginning
US - New York: Bill A00274 has been introduced. It would increase the tax imposed on the sale of certain tobacco products from 75%
US - New York: Two new bills have been introduced: A00141 and A00077. A00141 would include oral nicotine pouches in the prohibition against
