Welcome to 2017, whatever that means.
In many ways, the tobacco industry began the year with fewer unknowns than it has faced in decades. Gone are questions of when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) deeming regulations would come down, or whether the next president would favor less industry regulations or demand even more.
On the other hand, many of these historic unknowns are far from settled. For example, though the deeming rule went into effect August 2016, it is still entirely possible that the rule could change drastically through lawsuits or government intervention.
As near the end of the first quarter with a new president--a Republican, no less--there is of plenty of potential for optimism. So, CSP speculates what this brave new world might mean for the tobacco industry by the end of Trump’s first term and beyond.
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