4th Circuit Dismisses Vaping Groups’ Appeal Of Tobacco Products Deadline As Moot

Mealey's (May 7, 2020, 12:03 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 4 dismissed as moot an appeal by e-cigarette industry groups of a 2019 ruling setting premarket tobacco application (PMTA) deadlines as it was superseded by subsequent Food and Drug Administration guidance and affirmed the district court’s denial of cigar industry associations’ motion to intervene as time-barred (In re:  Cigar Association Of America, et al., No. 19-2130, 4th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 14205)....