( October 9, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT) -- LUBBOCK, Texas — A Texas federal judge on Oct. 8 granted a joint motion to stay the proceedings filed by the federal government and a nicotine pouch manufacturer, a vape company, a retail association and two retailers that filed suit alleging that the Food and Drug Administration has “never complied” with the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) and seeking vacatur of the TCA’s rules for new tobacco products, with the judge noting that FDA is expected to undertake new rulemaking addressing these issues....