On July 12, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ordered the FDA to require manufacturers of e-cigarettes, cigars and other deemed new tobacco products that were on the market as of Aug. 8, 2016 to submit applications for premarket review by May 12, 2020.
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A record-shattering number of Massachusetts residents obtained medical marijuana cards over the past month, a spike that followed Governor Charlie Baker’s decision to deem recreational cannabis stores “nonessential” and close them amid the coronavirus pandemic. From March 23 to April 21, 7,235 new patients obtained a doctor’s ...
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The Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday night approved 15 of Gov. Ralph Northam’s 17 proposed amendments to legislation that would decriminalize marijuana, meaning the bill heads back to the governor.
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April 22, 2020
E-cigarette use on the rise among US adults across subgroups
Using the nationwide telephone-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, researchers identified 28,917 current e-cigarette users, which corresponded to 10.8 million U.S. adults (30% aged 18-34 years; 49% men; 63% white). Between 2016 and 2018, increases in e-cigarette use occurred in the following subgroups: Additionally, an increase ...
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April 22, 2020
Hearing Friday On Flavored Tobacco Regulations
The Department of Public Health will hold a hearing on Friday on new regulations restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products, including mint and menthol cigarettes, to smoking bars for on-premise consumption.
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April 22, 2020
Iowa Tobacco Payment Almost $50 Million This Year
Iowa’s share of the 1998 landmark settlement with U.S. tobacco companies has now topped $1.3 billion. Officials in Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s office said Wednesday the Iowa treasury has received an annual transfer payment of about $49.4 million from tobacco companies involved in the multistate Master Settlement Agreement — the largest such settlement in U.S. history.
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Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Wednesday that the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) issued $112,659,718 million to Kentucky for their annual tobacco settlement payment.
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Industries often position products to tout the benefits of one category over another -- such as the higher-quality, traditional ingredients of a microbrew over mass-produced brewery beer.
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April 22, 2020
Majority Of Americans Think Marijuana Legalization Is A Successful Policy, Poll Finds
A majority of Americans believe that state marijuana legalization laws have been a success, according to a new survey. YouGov asked more than 27,000 adults about states where cannabis has been legalized for recreational purposes and whether they “think the legislation has been a success or a failure.” Fifty-five percent of respondents in the poll, released on Monday, said that regulated marijuana markets are either complete successes or more of a success than failure. Thirteen percent said they were more of a failure than success, and just six percent said they were total failures.
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April 22, 2020
44 House And Senate Members Are Calling For Cannabis Business To Gain Access To Forthcoming COVID-19 SBA Funding
Ten senators today joined 34 members of the U.S. House in calling for the ability of the nation’s cannabis companies in states that are “legal” (for medical or adult use or both) to access any upcoming Small Business Administration (SBA) relief funds during the current COVID-19 pandemic. “The cannabis industry supports more than 240,000 workers in the United States, spanning 33 states and the District of Columbia,” the senators wrote in their letter dated April 22 letter. The letter was addressed to Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York. House members signed a similar letter last week. “Some of these jobs have already been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis and there is significant risk of greater job loss in the coming months,” the senators’ letter said. “We ask Senate leadership to include in any future relief package provisions to allow state-legal cannabis small businesses and the small businesses who work with this industry to access the critical SBA support they need during these challenging and unprecedented times,” the senators’ letter continued. The House members’ letter sent last Friday had a similar message: “The COVID-19 outbreak is no time to permit federal policy to stand in the way of the reality that millions of Americans in states across the country face daily,” the letter said. That reality is “that state-legal cannabis businesses are sources of economic growth and financial stability for thousands of workers and families, and need our support.”
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