Keller and Heckman’s E-Vapor, Nicotine, and Tobacco Law Symposium is returning in 2027 for our 11th annual conference. The symposium will be held Monday, February 22 – Tuesday, February 23, 2027, in Las Vegas, NV, right before Total Products Expo (TPE) 2027! This two-day comprehensive program is designed to deliver practical insights into the
Keller and Heckman Partner Azim Chowdhury was recently interviewed for the Russell Burnett Research and Consultancy’s “Accelerating The End of Smoking” (ATEOS) initiative. The series brings together leading voices from public health, healthcare, tobacco control, tobacco harm reduction, as well as tobacco and nicotine product science and regulation to explore strategies for reducing smoking rates
Keller and Heckman Partner Azim Chowdhury was interviewed for the Nicotine Insider article, “As FDA Rethinks PMTAs, What Comes Next?” The article examines how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) reported reconsideration of the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) process could reshape the regulation of vaping products, nicotine pouches, and other noncombustible nicotine products.
Save the date for Keller and Heckman’s 11th Annual E-Vapor, Nicotine, and Tobacco Law Symposium, taking place on February 22 – 23, 2027, in Las Vegas, NV, at the MGM Grand Las Vegas (right before Total Products Expo (TPE) 2027)!
The 2027 E-Vapor, Nicotine, and Tobacco Law Symposium is a two-day program designed
On August 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a published opinion granting petitions for review in seven consolidated cases, vacating FDA’s Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) marketing denial orders (MDOs) for each manufacturer petitioner’s electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products, and remanding the PMTAs back to the agency for
Keller and Heckman Partner Eric Gotting was interviewed on the recent episode of Regulator Watch (RegWatch), “Major Win | Court Ruling Could Dismantle FDA’s Flavored Vape Ban.” The episode discusses the recent Fifth Circuit ruling that FDA violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it imposed its comparative-efficacy standard without notice-and-comment rulemaking.
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On June 30, 2026, FDA issued modified risk granted orders to Swedish Match USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Philip Morris International Inc., for 20 ZYN nicotine pouch products, authorizing the company to market those products with the claim: “Using ZYN instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart
On June 26, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), announced a proposed rule titled “Establishment Registration and Product Listing for Tobacco Products” that, if finalized, would require foreign tobacco product manufacturing establishments to register with FDA and list tobacco products manufactured for import into the United
On April 23, 2026, Maine enacted Public Law Chapter 769, An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products, codified at 38 M.R.S.A. § 1618. The law appears to make Maine the first U.S. state to enact an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law specifically targeting “electronic smoking devices.” Once the
On 18 May 2026, the European Commission launched a call for evidence related to the upcoming revision of EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU (TPD). Feedback is open until 15 June 2026 and is open to everybody. In the meantime, public consultation, available to stakeholders including citizens, businesses, representative organisations and EU countries’ public authorities, academics
At Keller and Heckman’s recent 10th Annual E-Vapor, Nicotine, and Tobacco Law Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada, Partners Azim Chowdhury, David Ettinger, and Katie Skaggs—along with several guest speakers—were featured in RegWatch Briefs, a series hosted by Brent Stafford. The series spotlights concise discussions on key issues in the nicotine and tobacco space, including
