Judge Vacates FDA Rule Regulating Manufacture Of Premium Cigars

(August 11, 2023, 1:32 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge vacated the Food and Drug Administration’s rule regulating premium cigars, granting the remedy sought by cigar industry associations and opposed by the FDA since the judge held one year ago that the FDA’s premium cigar rule was “arbitrary and capricious” and issued without consideration of “pertinent evidence.”...