Panel Vacates Injunction, Majority Says Iowa E-Cig Law Not Preempted

( July 31, 2026, 1:40 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 30 unanimously vacated a judge’s ruling enjoining Iowa’s law regulating sales of e-cigarettes and barring sales of certain products without Food and Drug Administration marketing authorization, finding that a vaping advocacy association and five vape companies were not likely to prevail on the merits, but split as to whether the law is preempted, which a judge concurring in the judgment said “requires a far more extensive record” to decide....