FDA Cigar User Fees Top 5 Cents for FY 2019
The federally-mandated user fees that cigar companies are required to pay to fund the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) tobacco regulation will be increasing…
Texas Court Denies Appeal of Decision to Merge FDA Cigar Cases
Earlier this month, a federal court in Texas abruptly changed an earlier decision and opted to move a lawsuit regarding the U.S. Food & Drug…
Decision to Move Texas FDA Cigar Lawsuit Appealed
Attorneys for the three Texas-based cigar businesses that sued the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) over its cigar regulations have appealed a decision from…
FDA Cigar Warning Labels Delayed by Washington D.C. Court
Cigar companies will not have to place warning labels on boxes beginning Aug. 10, 2018. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that requirements…
Texas FDA Cigar Lawsuit Moved to D.C.
The Texas-based lawsuit over the FDA’s regulation of premium cigars will not be in Texas any longer. Yesterday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson reversed her…
17 Senators Send FDA Letter to Exempt Premium Cigars
A group of 17 bipartisan Senators have sent a letter to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), urging him…
Cigar Industry Gets Its Day in Texas Court
In a small courtroom in a non-descript building in the suburbia that is Plano, Texas, the cigar industry made its case once again that the…
Cigar Groups Appeal D.C. Court Ruling, Seek Delay of FDA Warning Labels
Last week, attorneys from three cigar trade groups filed a motion seeking to delay the implementation of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) warning…
FDA Extends Comment Period for Premium Cigar ANPRM to July 25
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for three Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemakings (ANPRM), including the one regarding whether…
FDA Appeals Court Ruling Denying Transferring of Texas Lawsuit
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is appealing a court decision that denied the agency’s request to combine two lawsuits files over cigar regulations…
33 Congressmen Urge OMB to Delay Warning Label Requirement, ANPRM Deadline to September
Last week, 33 members of the U.S. House of Representatives urged Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to…