TCA’s ‘Preservation Sandwich’ Allows L.A.’s Flavored Tobacco Ban, 9th Circuit Says

Mealey's (March 22, 2022, 12:59 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 18 said Los Angeles County’s ban on sales of flavored tobacco product is not a preempted tobacco product standard under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA), while a dissenting judge reached the exact opposite conclusion and said the TCA preempts such a ban under high court precedent....