The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) commended the bipartisan group of Midwestern governors for their letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, announcing their intention of exploring all options to ensure retailers can continue to sell E15 all year long without interruption and requesting an open a dialogue with EPA to make this happen.…
White House Announces New Employer COVID Vaccination Policies
The White House announced details of two President Joe Biden administration policies to fight COVID-19 that it hopes will drive more progress and result in millions of Americans getting vaccinated, protecting workers, preventing hospitalization, saving lives and strengthening the economy. First, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing the details…
FDA Authorizes Four Verve Oral Tobacco Products
On Oct. 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued marketing granted orders to U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (USSTC) for four oral tobacco products under the brand name of Verve. The four products are: Verve Discs Blue Mint, Verve Discs Green Mint, Verve Chews Blue Mint and Verve Chews Green Mint. After FDA’s…
FDA Reshapes Vape Category
On Aug. 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lowered the hammer on approximately 35,000 flavored e-cigarette items by issuing marketing denial orders (MDOs). The ruling prohibits interstate commerce for these products, resulting in convenience stores, vape shops and tobacco retailers immediately pulling them from store shelves. One week later, the FDA released approximately 300,000…
BAT, Vuse Respond to FDA Marketing Authorization
Vuse Solo announced that it received the first of its kind U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing authorization for vapor products, authorizing the sale of its U.S. subsidiary Reynold’s Vuse Solo product in Original flavor. FDA’s orders confirm that Vuse Solo products are appropriate for the protection of the public health, the company said,…
FDA Authorizes ENDS Products for First Time
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week announced it has authorized the marketing of three new tobacco products, marking the first set of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products ever to be authorized by the FDA through the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) pathway. The FDA issued marketing granted orders to R.J. Reynolds…
NTI Store Development Prognostications for 2022
Last month, I predicted that potential tax increases by the Biden administration could alter the structure of mergers and acquisitions by increasing store leasing at the expense of real estate ownership transfers. In this follow-up article, I’ll look into my crystal ball and offer some thoughts on what the future might hold for new-to-industry (NTI)…
Flavor Bans Bring Unintended Consequences
Recent peer-reviewed studies show that banning flavored tobacco products or flavored vaping products has significant negative public health impacts policymakers must consider in deciding the proper scope of regulation. Several studies indicate banning all flavored tobacco products actually increases the number of young people who smoke cigarettes. The first study, published in June 2020 in…
FDA Finalizes Pair of Rules for New Tobacco Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued two final rules for the premarket review of new tobacco products. The foundational rules provide additional information on the requirements for the content, format and review of Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs) and Substantial Equivalence (SE) Reports – two of the most commonly used pathways through which a…
Bidi Vapor Distributor Kaival Brands Reports Third Quarter Results
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, the exclusive global distributor of Bidi Vapor’s Bidi Stick, released results for its fiscal year (FY) 2021 third quarter. Bidi Vapor is the a disposable electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) intended exclusively for adult consumers 21 and over. Effects of FDA Review Process Kaival said in a statement that the company…