LATEST ALERTS
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced updates to two import alerts: 98-07 and 98-06. According to the FDA, these updates
US - Colorado: The Denver City Council has passed the final reading of an ordinance that will ban the sale of flavoured tobacco
US - District of Columbia: Attorney general Brian Schwalb has announced that Philip Morris International (PMI)’s subsidiary Swedish Match North America (SMNA) will
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent the proposed Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combusted Cigarettes to
US - Michigan: A pair of bills have been introduced. House Bill 6235 would prohibit the advertising for sale, displaying for sale, marketing, and
US - Massachusetts: Three state senators have announced their intention to file a new bill in the 2025-26 legislative session to generationally phase out the
US - California: The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has released comprehensive tax guidance on tobacco products, outlining new laws that
US - Federal: The US Supreme Court has rejected hearing a tobacco industry challenge to graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertisements required under
US - Massachusetts: The Northampton Board of Health has approved a proposal banning the sale of nicotine pouches in convenience stores, according to
US - General: A class action has been filed in federal court against Swedish Match North America, subsidiary of Philip Morris International (PMI), for
US - Ohio: Columbus city attorney Zach Klein is suing a tobacco retailer for alleged repeated under-age tobacco sales and sales of flavoured
US - Federal: President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr. for the position of secretary of the Department of Health and Human
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a renewal of modified risk granted orders to Swedish Match USA, for
US - Federal: The US and international vapour industry will today be weighing the likely impact on the sector of Donald Trump’s election
US - Colorado: The Denver City Council is studying the introduction of a flavour ban on the sale of tobacco products; this ban would
US - Missouri: Yesterday (24th October), the Kansas City Council held off its docket an ordinance that would have banned the sale or
US - General: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published “Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students —
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) today confirmed it is launching its Iqos tobacco heating product in Austin, Texas, as has been
US - General: British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to launch a version of its Velo nicotine pouches using synthetic nicotine in the US, Reuters reports. David
US - Missouri: Today, the Kansas City Council will consider an ordinance that would ban the sale and distribution of flavoured tobacco products.
US - Michigan: Several new bills have been introduced relating to youth access to nicotine and tobacco products, including House Bill (HB) 6002,
US - Federal: As as stipulated in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s final rule issued on 30th August 2024 – which increased
US - Federal: This month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the data from
US - San Francisco: San Francisco city attorney David Chiu is bringing a lawsuit against four online tobacco retailers for selling flavoured nicotine
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has issued a final rule increasing the minimum age for certain restrictions on
US - Minnesota: Attorney general Keith Ellison has sent a letter to more than 5,000 tobacco distributors and retailers asking them to confirm
US - General: Japan Tobacco (JT) has announced that the JT Group has reached an agreement with Vector Group, the fourth largest tobacco
US - Massachusetts: The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has reached a $600m settlement with major tobacco manufacturers. According to a statement by attorney general
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced a collaboration with KT&G, a South Korean manufacturer of tobacco and nicotine products. The companies
US - General: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced it will invest $600m to open a manufacturing facility in Aurora, Colorado. Regular production
US - Federal: The US Supreme Court has overruled the 1984 Chevron decision. One of the key principles of the Chevron doctrine is that
US - Maryland: Effective today, the sales and use tax for electronic smoking devices, including vaping liquid in a container of more than
US - California: A new tax rate on tobacco products comes into force today. The tax will change from 56.32% of the wholesale
US - Federal: Altria Group has announced the submission of premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for
US - District of Columbia: Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that online sales of Zyn nicotine pouches have been suspended by manufacturer Swedish
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that on 26th June the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) will convene
US - New Jersey: S3372 has been introduced. This bill would prohibit delivering electronic smoking devices and other tobacco products to a residence
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and independent researchers have stated that nicotine alternatives in vaping products, such as
US - California: The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) has published a notice with a new tax rate for tobacco products,
US - Louisiana: House Bill 621 has passed both the House and the Senate and has been sent to the governor for signature. This
US - Federal: In March, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Searchable Tobacco Products Database, a new list of tobacco products
US - Massachusetts: The New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA) has launched the “Citizens for Adult Choice” campaign, in order
US - Federal: The White House has released a statement on what it refers to as “China’s unfair trade practices concerning technology transfer, intellectual property,
US - Federal: The next director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Office of Compliance and
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has filed for scientific review modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) renewal applications submitted
US - Louisiana: House Bill 970, which would exempt nicotine pouches from the vapour product and alternative nicotine product directory, has passed the House
US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta has announced that the California Department of Justice is now accepting proposals for the 2024-2025 Tobacco
