Save the date for Keller and Heckman’s 10th Annual E-Vapor, Nicotine, and Tobacco Law Symposium, taking place on May 4 – 5, 2026, in Las Vegas, NV, at the Paris Las Vegas hotel (right before the CHAMPS Trade Show)!
This two-day seminar is designed to provide in-depth knowledge on legal, regulatory, and scientific
On July 17, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Marketing Granted Orders (MGOs) to JUUL Labs Inc. (JUUL), authorizing for sale JUUL’s tobacco- and menthol-flavored pod-based electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products in the United States, reversing its previous position and marking a major regulatory milestone in the years-long evaluation of JUUL’s
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is currently working on a rulemaking to implement SB 1215, which revised the state’s Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Program (E-Waste Recycling Program) to include covered battery-embedded products. These are generally products containing batteries that are “not designed to be easily removed from the product by
Update on EU Regulations of E-Vapor and Nicotine Pouches
Date: Thursday, 08 May 2025
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CET | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: Complimentary
Registration: Click Here
Keller and Heckman LLP is pleased to announce a complimentary webinar, Update on EU Regulations of E-Vapor and Nicotine
We are excited to announce the agenda for Keller and Heckman’s 2025 E-Vapor and Tobacco Law Symposium, featuring Keynote Speaker, Dr. Brian King, Director of FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). Click here to view the full program agenda.
Register now to join us Monday, January 27 – Tuesday, January 28, 2025, in Las
On October 16, 2024, the Oregon Court of Appeals in Bates v. Oregon Health Authority made a significant ruling by overturning a law restricting the packaging of e-cigarette and cannabis products on the grounds that the law is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech.
The law in question, ORS. 431A.175(2)(f), prohibited an “inhalant
On September 5, 2024, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (“CDC”) released data from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey (“NYTS”), which shows the most remarkable decline in youth vaping to date. Specifically, the most recent NYTS, an annual, cross-sectional, web-based survey of U.S. middle school (grades
On June 21, 2024, FDA issued marketing granted orders (MGOs) to NJOY LLC for two non-tobacco flavored electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products, the DAILY 4.5% and DAILY EXTRA 6% disposable devices, along with two ACE 2.4% and 5% pre-filled pods. All four of these NJOY ENDS products are menthol flavored. This FDA action, the
In a long-anticipated decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against FDA on January 3, 2024, criticizing the Agency for its handling of Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, d/b/a Triton Distribution and Vapetasia LLC (“Vapetasia”) (collectively, “Triton”) premarket tobacco product applications (“PMTAs”) for its non-tobacco flavored, open-system e-liquid products.
Keller and Heckman Partner Azim Chowdhury was interviewed for the Law360 article, “Product Liability Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2024.” The article outlines a few different regulatory and legislative developments happening in 2024, including more enforcement in the e-cigarette industry. Azim noted that the industry will most likely see enforcement against unauthorized flavored disposable
