Federal appeals court holds Alabama voter ID law not racially discriminatory
A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has dismissed a lawsuit by the Alabama NAACP that alleged that the state’s 2011 Photo Voter Identification Law was unconstitutional. The law requires voters to present a form of photo identification at the polls. The state chapter of the NAACP filed the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit overturned a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule on tobacco warnings on Tuesday, holding that the FDA did not adequately consider whether its regulation would have an impact on the number of smokers. The case, Cigar Associations of America v. United States Food and Drug [...]
The US Supreme Court denied a petition Monday by bump-stock owners and gun advocacy groups to hear a case challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on bump stocks. The plaintiffs, which include Damien Guedes and the Firearms Policy Foundation, had petitioned the court after a lower court’s decision to uphold Trump’s ban on bump stock devices. [...]
Pennsylvania files suit against e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed suit on Monday against e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL Labs for risking the health of Pennsylvanians’ and deceiving consumers. The lawsuit states that Pennsylvania’s youth face a significant public health crisis with the epidemic in nicotine addiction caused by electronic cigarettes, driven in large part by a single product that “was [...]
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a ban on flavored vaping products Tuesday in response to growing concerns about the health impacts of e-cigarettes. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has suggested that the use of e-cigarettes could increase the likelihood of future tobacco use, particularly among younger individuals. The actual text of the [...]
A New York judge ruled Friday that a New York City ban on flavored tobacco liquid products, enacted via emergency regulation, was an overstep of its authority. Acting Justice Catherine Cholakis of New York’s Supreme Court noted that such a ban should be reserved for legislative regulation. “The Council overstepped its authority in adopting the [...]
US President Donald Trump signed a $738 billion Defense Spending Bill on Friday which raised the federal age requirement for tobacco purchases to 21. Currently, anyone above the age of 18 can purchase tobacco products, however, the measure will prohibit the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. The prohibition includes [...]
New Massachusetts tobacco control law bans sale of e-cigarette and nicotine vaping products
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Wednesday signed a new tobacco control law which substantially restricts the sale of e-cigarette and nicotine vaping products and flavored tobacco products. House Bill 4196, or “An Act Modernizing Tobacco Control,” will impose a 75% excise tax on e-cigarettes. It also will restrict the sale of all flavored nicotine vaping [...]
The Massachusetts Senate passed legislation regulating e-cigarettes on Thursday. The regulation bans the sales of flavored e-cigarette products and levies a 75 percent excise tax on e-cigarettes. If signed into law by Republican Governor Charlie Baker, it will be the strictest regulation on e-cigarettes in the country. E-Cigarette use has greatly increased, especially among young [...]
E-cigarette company JUUL sued for illegal marketing to teens
California and New York have filed lawsuits against JUUL, a San Francisco-based e-cigarette company for illegally targeting youths. In complaints filed by California on Monday, and New York on Tuesday, both states allege JUUL illegally campaigned toward underage individuals in order to sell its products. In 2016 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued [...]
