March 2026

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Pennsylvania has joined the growing group of states that condition ENDS sales on federal PMTA status. Enacted as Act 57 of 2025, House Bill 1425 adds Section 206-I to The Fiscal Code and directs the Pennsylvania Attorney General to maintain a directory of electronic cigarettes that may be sold in the Commonwealth. The law ties

Keller and Heckman Partner Azim Chowdhury was interviewed on the recent episode of Regulator Watch (RegWatch), “Flawed Baseline | FDA Formalizes De Facto Flavor Ban.” Among other things, the episode discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in FDA vs. Wages and FDA’s newly released draft guidance for flavored electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS)

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As discussed in our earlier post, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new draft guidance on flavored electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products represents a meaningful effort to provide additional clarity about the Agency’s evidentiary expectations for premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs). That clarity is welcome. At the same time, the draft guidance

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On March 9, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new draft guidance for industry, Flavored Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Premarket Applications – Considerations Related to Youth Risk, clarifying how the agency evaluates whether a non-tobacco-flavored electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) product is appropriate for the protection of the public