Retailers, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Tobacco

Supreme Court Says Affected Retailers May Challenge ENDS Manufacturer’s Marketing Denial Orders

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/11/2025

On June 20, the Supreme Court concluded that marketing denial orders (MDOs) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can be challenged not only by the applicants (typically, the manufacturer or importer of the...more

Unpacking the Illicit E-Cigarette Crackdown by State AGs

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/19/2025

In mid-January, a bipartisan coalition of nine state attorneys general, as well as the Washington, D.C., attorney general, announced a coordinated effort to curb illicit electronic cigarette sales. The attorneys general of...more

Retailers Tap Into Pricing & Data to Boost Cigar Sales

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/14/2025

Bryan Haynes, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Tobacco + Nicotine Practice Group, was quoted in the January 10, 2025 Convenience Store News article, “Retailers Tap Into Pricing & Data to Boost Cigar Sales.”...more

FDA Unauthorized ENDS Enforcement: 2024 Mid-Year Roundup

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/5/2024

In the first half of 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has continued to ramp up efforts to limit sales of unauthorized electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). We previously reported on FDA’s heightened...more

FDA Clarifies Premarket Path for Ecigarette Products

Morgan Lewis on 6/20/2019

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) on June 11 issued the final guidance: “Premarket Tobacco Product Applications for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems” (the ENDS Guidance), which is intended to assist...more

FDA Takes Sweeping Enforcement Action to Address “Epidemic” of Youth E-cigarette use, Could Move to Significantly Restrict...

Saul Ewing LLP on 9/14/2018

On Sept. 12, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announced a series of significant enforcement actions related to the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes to minors. ...more

FDA Checks Reveal Stores Illegally Sell Tobacco to Minors

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley on 12/21/2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s crackdown on Big Tobacco continues. The agency sent warning letters to 55 point-of-purchase locations that sell cigarettes and related products in an effort to underscore newly passed...more

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