California Claims Unflavored Tobacco Registration Law Excludes Premium Cigars

( November 20, 2025, 1:32 PM EST) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a motion in California federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by premium cigar companies seeking to enjoin a new state law that imposes regulations on unflavored tobacco that they say will “push the premium cigar industry off a cliff,” writing that the law does not burden the plaintiffs and excludes “premium cigars” as defined by the state....