Author name: Caitlin Buehrer

April 1, 2025 – Brian King, Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), was removed from office along with dozens of staff as part of the Trump Administration’s effort to refocus the agency on its core mission. In 2022, a study commissioned by FDA (the Reagan Udall Report) noted […]

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT DECISION A VICTORY FOR THE CIGAR INDUSTRY Washington, DC, Jan. 24—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision this morning in the court case Cigar Association of America et al. v. United States Food and Drug Administration et al. on the premium cigar rule.  The Court affirmed the