September 10, 2019
It seems "unfair" for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to refuse to delay a rule mandating new warning labels for the cigar industry, especially given the agency is rethinking how broad the rule should be, a D.C. federal judge said Tuesday.
July 06, 2018
Cigar and pipe-tobacco makers received a reprieve Thursday from a looming deadline for the placement of new, larger health warnings on packages and ads when a federal judge, citing a recent Supreme Court decision, halted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandate pending appeal of a May ruling.
May 15, 2018
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday ruled that required health warnings on cigars don't violate the First Amendment since they're aimed at informing the public of health risks in a suit brought by advocacy groups representing smokers and industry against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
November 16, 2017
Advocacy groups representing smokers and the cigar and pipe industries blasted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in D.C. federal court Tuesday, saying the agency's rule increasing the size of warning labels on tobacco products is a "massive" free speech restriction imposed without adequate scientific analysis.
October 25, 2017
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration shot back Wednesday in D.C. federal court at smokers rights groups' challenge to a recent rule expanding regulations on cigars and pipe tobacco, saying expanded warning requirements and user fees are needed to call attention to underappreciated health risks.
July 15, 2016
The Cigar Association of America and other smokers' rights groups sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in D.C. federal court on Friday, alleging a recently finalized rule expanding the agency's tobacco regulatory ability would illegally restrict new tobacco products.