FDA Increases Fines for Tobacco Retailer Violations
Not only are premium cigar retailers now subject to FDA compliance inspections, they will have to pay higher fines should they be violate the agency’s…
FDA Issues First Set of Warning Letters to Retailers Selling Newly Regulated Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the first round of warning letters have been sent to retailers found to be selling newly…
Pittsfield, Mass. Approves Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
It’s been on the radar since at least March, but the Pittsfield, Mass. Board of Health has finally approved an increase to the minimum age…
Plymouth, Mass. Rejects Tobacco Purchase Age Increase, Flavored Tobacco Ban
On Wednesday, the Plymouth, Mass. Board of Health rejected three anti-tobacco proposals, something that has been largely unheard of in a state where tobacco purchase…
California Bill Limiting Tobacco Sales Dies in House
California’s SB 1400, which sought to take tobacco completely out of grocery stores, convenience stores and other general merchants met its demise in the state Assembly…
Bill Seeking to Pull Tobacco from Most Stores in California Passes Senate
A bill seeking to pull tobacco products from convenience and grocery stores in California has gotten the approval of the state senate, which voted 21-16…
Canada to Pursue Plain Packaging for Tobacco Products
The Canadian Health Minister, Jane Philpott, announced today that the Canadian government is planning to pursue a requirement that all tobacco products sold in the…
Brockton, Mass. Joins in Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Movement
The board of health in Brockton, Mass. joined the growing bandwagon of cities increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old, approving the proposal…
California’s Anti-Tobacco Bills Should Head to Gov. Brown Friday
It’s been about six weeks since a package of anti-tobacco bills was passed by the California legislature, including an increase in the minimum age to purchase…
Essex, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age, Passes Additional Tobacco Regulations
A number of new regulations regarding the sale of tobacco products will go into effect this summer in Essex, Mass., as the town’s board of…
Middleborough, Mass. Won’t Raise Tobacco Purchase Age but Increases Retailer Fines
One Massachusetts town isn’t jumping on the bandwagon to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, instead choosing to increase the fines on retailers…
