Alex Norcia 
FDA Poised to Gain Regulatory Power Over Synthetic Nicotine
Lawmakers have inserted language into a federal spending bill that would give the Food ...
Lawmakers Push Back Georgia’s Stealth Ban of Synthetic Nicotine
On March 7, Georgia’s Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs amended a vape ...
The Federal Menthol Cigarette Ban Is Slowly Moving Forward
At the end of February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) entered two proposed ...
Three States Have Bills to Ban Synthetic Nicotine by Stealth
Legislators in three different states—Georgia, Maryland and Mississippi—have recently introduced bills that would only ...
Outcry After High School Students Strip-Searched for Vapes
In mid-January, staff at a Wisconsin high school conducted invasive searches of six female ...
Altria Can Keep Its Stake in Juul, Judge Rules. What Are the Implications?
On February 15, an administrative law judge dismissed a complaint issued from the Federal ...
Senate Narrowly Confirms Robert Califf as the Next Head of the FDA
On February 15, the Senate narrowly confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as the next commissioner ...
Portland, Maine, Votes to Ban the Sale of Flavored Vaping Products
On February 7, City Council members in Portland, the largest city in Maine, voted ...
UK Launches Independent Review to Look at Tobacco Health Disparities
On February 4, the United Kingdom launched an independent review to study smoking-related health ...
Court Lets Four FDA-Denied Vape Companies Resume Sales, for Now
On February 1, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted four nicotine vape manufacturers—Bidi ...
