Category — Tobacco

Oct. 22, 2011 – [This post comes to us from the Troutman Sanders Tobacco Team.  We thought it might be of interest to our readers.]

In August, we reported that the FDA will begin in October inspecting the facilities of all U.S.-based tobacco product manufacturers subject to the FDA’s authority.  Troutman Sanders has for years been assisting clients in a variety of industries with product liability audits.  These audits can be an invaluable tool for the tobacco industry as it prepares for FDA inspections. [Read more →]

 [These posts come to us from the Troutman Sanders Tobacco Team.  We thought they might be of interest to our readers.]

Second Warnings Suit Filed Against FDA by Big Tobacco 

September 13, 2011 – In early July, we reported that the four leading tobacco companies were threatening legal action against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the nine new graphic cigarette health warnings that must appear on each cigarette package beginning in September 2012.  This threat became a reality last month, when five tobacco companies – R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, Commonwealth Brands, Liggett Group, and Santa Fe Natural – filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against FDA, claiming that the final regulation specifying the new warnings (the “Rule”) violates the First Amendment as applied to Plaintiffs and was promulgated in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”).  [Read more →]