Posts Tagged ‘Snus Laws’

Snus News and Law Update

Several things going on that I want to mention. Northerner is updated and FDA compliant. As well, they’re only shipping with UPS, ahead of the PACT Act requirement. Right now, shipping 50 tins (portions) from Northerner costs about $14. Not horrible. Shipping 10 tins is about $13. Yikes.
Northerner has said that the new tax collection [...]


More FDA-Mandated Snus Warnings

We’ll probably be seeing more and more of this bullshit as we approach June 22. Just a few days ago, we saw it on the Camel Snus ads.
Now its on the Swedish Match product chart.
Before:

Now:

That’s a big-ass warning… and we thought that those little warnings were stupid. If the government wants to lie to us, [...]


Smokeless Warnings Get Big

Remember those stupid little warnings on all smokeless tobacco products? Here’s one that I pealed off the General Baseball cap.

They’re also on ads. Check out the General ad right on the left. <—-
The NY Times Health blog is reporting that smokeless ads with the new FDA required warnings, which take up 20% of the ad, [...]


RJR Sues Gov’t, Claims Free Speech Violation

The Wall St. Journal reported that RJR, Lorillard, and other tobacco makers have filed suit to block some provisions of the new federal tobacco law, claiming that the law violates the companies’ first amendment rights.
Especially of interest to us snusers:
“The companies also challenged a rule that restricts their ability to publicize the relative health risks [...]