CA AB1625

Requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain a public list on its website of tobacco product brand styles that lack a characterizing flavor, called the Unflavored Tobacco List, to be published by July 1, 2020.

Authorizes tobacco manufacturers and importers to submit brand styles they believe lack a characterizing flavor to the Attorney General, with certification under penalty of perjury describing each brand style.

Presumes any brand style not on the Unflavored Tobacco List has a characterizing flavor unless the manufacturer or importer rebuts this presumption; presumes a brand style has a characterizing flavor if the manufacturer or entity makes statements about it having flavor through labeling, packaging, marketing, or advertising.

Requires manufacturers and importers submitting products to consent to California court jurisdiction, appoint a registered agent for service of process, waive sovereign immunity, and provide updated information when they cease manufacturing a listed product or when a product no longer lacks characterizing flavor.

Authorizes the Attorney General to recover reasonable attorney's fees, investigation costs, and expert fees against entities making clearly frivolous submissions, with awards deposited into the Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund.