U.S. Food & Drug Administration

The legal battle over premium cigar regulations continues.

FDA is once again getting sued for not banning tobacco products quickly enough. Of note, technically, this lawsuit only applies to the menthol cigarette ban and not the flavored cigar ban.

It’s only a two-week delay.

Attorneys representing the cigar industry have asked the court to let them have until April 1, 2024 to respond to the government’s appeal. The government is opposed, allegedly interested in having oral arguments heard on the appeal in May.

Today, the attorneys representing the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) submitted a brief in their appeal of the decision in Cigar Association of America…

Attorneys general from 18 states, two U.S. territories and the District of Columbia have sent the Biden administration a letter urging the White House to quickly act on banning the sales of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

The Department of Justice will have to file its brief by Jan. 16, 2024.

The headlines, reviews and more from the past week.

The resolution would define a premium cigar and declare it to be separate from other tobacco products.

The new timeline suggest the final rules could be announced in March 2024, but it’s unclear whether that will happen.

The increased penalties are due to inflation.