District Court Judge Strikes Down FDA’s Premium Cigar Warning Label Requirement

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis would approve.

(Tobacco Business) … Mehta summarized his decision as a failure of the FDA to “articulate a reasoned basis for requiring warning labels for premium cigars.” He went on to say, “By failing to analyze whether consumers are in fact misinformed or underinformed as to premium cigar health effects, the agency has failed to offer the rational connection between facts and judgment required to pass muster under the arbitrary and capricious standard.” Continued