Judge Rejects Cigar Maker’s Bid For Vacatur Of Tobacco Control Act Regulations

( September 3, 2024, 2:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Aug. 30 denied a flavored cigar manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment on its claims for vacatur of the entire deeming rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration under the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) subjecting new tobacco productions to regulation, for vacatur only as to cigars and for an order requiring the FDA to resolve the manufacturer’s pending substantial-equivalence report (SER)....