On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene a long-running battle between General Cigar and Cubatobaco. The battle has been ongoing over the Cohiba trademark. In refusing to hear an appeal by General Cigar Company the Supreme Court left intact a ruling in favor of Cubantobaco made in June by the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. General Cigars which is owned by Scandinavia Tobacco Group uses the name Cohiba in the USA while […]
Back in September we reported on the Supreme Court in the State of Nebraska ruling that exemptions for cigar lounges and cigar bars was unconstitutional. Recently. the Supreme Court agreed to hear from the owners in an attempt to overturn the decision. The licenses for cigar bars were set to expire on October 31, which was to be the last day that smoking inside cigar bars and lounges would be legally allowed. However, the state […]
Last month a divided Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an exemption given to cigar bars was unconstitutional. The 5-2 ruling stated that the exemption was considered “special legislation” and counter acted the Nebraska Clean Air Act. This week the Nebraska Supreme Court approved the requested submitted by 8 business to submit arguments about why an exemption should not be overturned. The cigar bars have the state Attorney General’s Office on their side who has spoken […]
The country of India is home to 12% of the worlds smokers and the potential for what is about to happen there should be alarming to the rest of the world. The Supreme Court of India has asked law enforcement to begin enforcing a law banning all tobacco products from the country. The various states in India now have 4 weeks to comment. This is part of the same process that made smoking in public illegal […]