Court Vacates FDA's Cigar Warning Label Requirement

(halfwheel) The U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia has vacated FDA’s warning label requirements for cigars and pipe tobacco.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because today’s ruling was more legal minutia than real-world change.
In February, Judge Amit P. Mehta—the same judge behind today’s ruling—ruled that FDA could not require warning labels for “premium cigars,” a term that had not yet been defined. In July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit—a different court—ruled 3-0 to overturn Mehta’s ruling and apply it to all cigars and pipe tobacco.
That left the future for a new rule in legal limbo. Continued