( September 3, 2026, 11:14 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the denial of premium cigar companies’ attempt to preliminarily enjoin enforcement by the California attorney general of the state’s Unflavored Tobacco List statute (UTLS), writing that the companies are not likely to succeed on the merits because the UTLS is not preempted by federal law....