Ten Questions for 2016
What a year it’s been. But enough reminiscing on that. It’s time for 2016 and before you move all of your 2014-purchased cigars into the…
Cigar Exemption Not Included in Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Update)
Cigar smokers, your attention now turns to OMB. Late Tuesday night, the House of Representatives unveiled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PDF), better known as…
Where Premium Cigars Stand in Congress (Update)
If you’re a cigar smoker you’ve probably heard requests for you to call members of Congress to tell them to exempt premium cigars from regulation…
Appropriations Bill Could Exempt Premium Cigars from FDA Regulation
With a deadline to pass an appropriations bill quickly approaching in the U.S. Congress, a new ray of hope to exempt premium cigars from Food…
Report Says FDA Selected Option 1 for Proposed Final Rule (Update)
The Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA) claims that it has gotten its hand on the proposed final ruling of the deeming regulations from the…
Weekly News (Oct. 26, 2015)
Cigar News Camacho Announces Revamped Machitos Dissident’s Gorden Crippen & Ryan Johnson Leave Don Pepin Garcia Original Demi-Tasse Heading to Six-Packs Four Kicks H-Town Goes…
Senators Push for Quicker Action on Proposed FDA Regulations
Yesterday, 11 Democratic senators sent a letter to Shaun Donovan, the director of White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pushing for a quick decision…
Proposed FDA Cigar Regulations Move to OMB
The date when smokers find out whether or not the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will regulate the cigar industry is getting closer and…
Weekly News (Dec. 1, 2014)
Cigar News A.J. Fernandez Announces New World Connecticut Casa Fernández Bringing Back Mombacho View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paul Palmer-Fernandez (@casafernandez1)…
Why the June 2015 FDA Deadline Isn’t Really a Deadline
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) updated its regulatory calendar, including a small update to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA)…
Weekly News (June 30, 2014)
Cigar News Ashton Symmetry Nears Release AVO 2nd Movement Ships Boutique Blends Plans SWAG Black Cabal Petit Lancero in the Works Casa Fernández Aniversario 2014…
