Parties Submit Report After Court Declines To Remand Cigar, Pipe Tobacco PMTAs

Mealey's (September 9, 2020, 9:45 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cigar and pipe tobacco industry associations challenging tobacco regulations on Sept. 7 submitted a joint status report with government agency defendants to a District of Columbia federal court regarding claims that remain pending after the court on Sept. 2 declined to stop the Food and Drug Administration from enforcing premarket tobacco application (PMTA) deadlines against newly deemed cigar and pipe tobacco products (Cigar Association of America, et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al., No. 16-1460, D. D.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159947)....