Some lawsuits had wanted Santa Fe instructed not to sell Natural American cigarettes, to have to recall all cigarettes at retail, and conduct “a corrective advertising campaign.” Others request the defendants pay for medical monitoring and smoking cessation programs.

The defendants have until Nov. 3 to file motions for dismissal.

If they do file, as expected, a hearing would be held on the motions Jan. 24.

Other pertinent deadlines are one for filing a motion for class certification of April 3, 2018, and a hearing on that motion in July 2018.

The FDA said it has determined that marketing the cigarettes as additive free and natural “represents explicitly and/or implies” that the products offer a modified risk or are less harmful to consumers without having FDA approval as a modified-risk product.

It was the first time the FDA had used its authority under the Tobacco Control Act of 2009 to target additive-free and natural tobacco product labeling.