2021 ANNUAL CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION - October 18th- October 21st, 2021

Styles Removed from Tobacco Directory

This week the Attorney General announced that multiple styles were removed from the California Tobacco Directory. To read the announcement, and the full list of styles click HERE. In all over 60 styles were removed from the directory by the Attorney General.

Legislative Update: May 24, 2019

The process: The 27th of May marks the house of origin deadline in the State Assembly and State Senate. This means that every bill that has been proposed this year has to at least have been passed by the entire body of the house in which the bill was proposed, or that measure will be […]

New Tax Rate on Other Tobacco Products Effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020

The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has announced a newly approved tax rate for non-cigarette tobacco products. See below for the text of the Special Notice, or click HERE to view the original. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) recently approved the new tax rate of 59.27 percent effective July […]

Legislative Update: May 9, 2019

The process: Bills have now been reviewed by policy committees in their house of origin. Next comes the fiscal deadline where bills that contain significant costs to the state are reviewed by the Appropriations committees in their respective houses. The Appropriations committees use a process called the Suspense File to group all bills with costs […]