The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld Judge Amit P. Mehta’s decision ordering the FDA’s Deeming Rule to be vacated.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it has withdrawn its proposed rules on flavored cigars and menthol cigarettes.

The FDA will move proposed regulations around Nicotine Limits and Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practices (TPMP) to “Long Term Action”.

Premium cigars will be exempt from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed regulation on nicotine limits. The proposed rules are being issued on the final days of President Joe Biden’s administration. The FDA is a part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

With striking down the Chevron Deference, the Supreme Court has cut backon the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer.

FDA Files Brief Appealing Judge Mehta Vacating Deeming Rule

While Judge Mehta’s decision has overturned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Deeming Rule, the FDA still wants to regulate premium cigars. Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) has introduced House Joint Resolution 99 (H.J.99). This is legislation that Cigar Rights of America (CRA) has been working on behind the scenes to ensure the FDA will […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent its proposed rules that would ban flavored cigars to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Also going to the OMB is the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. The proposed rules will now be reviewed by the OMB’s Office of Information and […]