California Issues Unflavored Tobacco List After 9th Circuit And Judge Deny Relief

( January 5, 2026, 3:07 PM EST) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — The California Attorney General’s Office published its Unflavored Tobacco List (UTL) after both the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and a California federal judge denied last-minute bids by premium cigar companies to enjoin publication of the UTL, which they say will harm their companies, with the judge explaining that the companies are unlikely to succeed in their argument that the UTL is preempted by federal authority....