LATEST ALERTS
US - Ohio: Last week, the Columbus City Council met with business owners to discuss a potential ban on flavoured tobacco, which would
Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Superior Court has dismissed a challenge to the town of Brookline’s Tobacco-Free Generation bylaw, which will remain in effect, town administrator
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received numerous comments from a variety of industry members about certain aspects
US - Oregon: The Multnomah County Public Health Division has recommended that a ban on flavoured tobacco and nicotine products be passed in
US - California: A flavoured tobacco products ban referendum is on the 8th November ballot in California. Some health organisations are advocating to
UK: Yesterday, junior health secretary, Caroline Johnson, said that the government is reviewing how the powers provided by the Retained EU Law (Revocation
US - general: Philip Morris International (PMI) today announced an agreement with Altria to end the companies’ commercial relationship covering Iqos in the US as of
US - Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a local by-law banning the sale of tobacco products in the
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a press release reviewing its activities in the last months, stating: "FDA
US - general: A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, “US adults’ public opinion toward R-rating labels for movies
US - Michigan: The University of Michigan announced it “will prohibit the use of all tobacco products on all of its campuses effective Nov.
US - general: A federal appeals court was not receptive yesterday to arguments put forward by Philip Morris International (PMI), accusing the US International
US - Portland Oregon metropolitan area: Washington County’s Ordinance 878 – which passed last November, has been on hold since January, was ratified by voters in May,
US - California: The city of Chula Vista has unanimously voted to ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products – including menthol –
US - federal: The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has published a new webinar providing a brief overview of the resources available to retailers to help
US - federal: Brian King, director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has told the Associated Press news
US - federal: The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is seeking nominations for two people to serve as voting members on the Tobacco
US - Tennessee: An ordinance to prohibit smoking and the use of vapour products in certain age-restricted establishments such as bars and music venues that
US - Michigan: A number of bills were to be heard today in the Senate Committee on Regulatory Reform, including Senate Bill 572, SB
US-federal: Democratic senator from Illinois Dick Durbin has spoken on the Senate floor about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s failure to meet e-cigarette and synthetic nicotine
US - Federal: Brian King, the new director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) said in an
US - Alaska: The anti-taxation think tank Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has applauded governor Mike Dunleavy’s decision to veto Senate Bill 45, which would
US - Federal: Democratic senator from Illinois Dick Durbin has called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to complete its premarket review
US - Federal: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a non-tobacco nicotine (NTN) product website that includes up-to-date information about
US - federal: The Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) updated the term “grandfathered tobacco product” to “pre-existing tobacco product” on all of its
US - Alaska: Senate Bill 45 has been transmitted to the governor. This bill would raise the legal age to purchase, sell, exchange,
US - DC: The Office of Tax and Revenue has issued a notice that the tax rate on “other tobacco products” for the tax year
US - Federal: The Center for Tobacco Products has sent a reminder that the effective date for the required health warnings for cigarettes
US - California: The San Benito County Board has voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance banning the sale of flavoured tobacco products within both incorporated
US - general: A Freedom of Information request by a media outlet has revealed an August 2020 memo showing that the Center for
US - federal: Cristine Delnevo, director of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies and a professor of health behaviour, society and policy at the
US - federal: Brian King, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has said in a public update on
US - general: Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, has issued a statement saying the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “should enforce
US - general: British American Tobacco (BAT) subsidiary Dryft Sciences has brought an anti-trust suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California,
US - federal: Today, 2nd August, is the deadline for the submission of electronic or written comments to the dockets on the FDA’s proposed flavour ban
US - California: As of 25th July, it’s unlawful to sell flavoured tobacco to anyone in the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County. The
US - federal: A group of 19 US senators have signed a letter to FDA commissioner Robert Califf in support of the FDA’s proposed rules
US - federal: Matt Holman, director of the Office of Science at the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is leaving immediately to
US - New York: Senate Bill 4142 has been signed into law by governor Kathy Hochul. The bill makes smoking on all state-owned beaches and
US - Michigan: House Bill (HB) 6108 has been signed into law by the governor. This bill amends state law to raise the legal
US - federal: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Robert Califf has ordered an external review of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP),
US - California: Attorney general Rob Bonta yesterday announced $22m in state funding for local government agencies to tackle the illegal sale of tobacco products,
US - general: Major tobacco companies have reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice regarding tobacco-related health messages at retail locations,
US - California: Millbrae City Council intends to prepare an ordinance that would prohibit the sale of flavoured tobacco products within the city, which lies
US - Hawaii: House Bill (HB) 1570 has been vetoed by the governor. The version as it currently stands would ban the sale of
US - federal: New warning letters have been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Among them is the warning: “Please be
US - general: The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce the congressionally mandated deadline and clear the
US - general: Today, 13th July, is the final date for synthetic nicotine products to be marketed in the US without a premarket
US - federal: The American Vapor Manufacturers Association has formally asked the inspector general of the US Department of Health and Human Services to investigate
