17 Questions: The Premium Cigar Industry Won the FDA Lawsuit
Nearly 5,000 words on what yesterday’s major legal victory means for the premium cigar industry.
Ciao, A PCA 2023 Recap
After these 3,403 words, halfwheel’s coverage of the 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show is more or less over. We hope you enjoyed the ride, please remember to take your belongings with you.
16 Thoughts: FDA Proposes Regulating Cigar Factories & Other Tobacco Manufacturing Facilities
FDA has announced a proposed plan that would require all tobacco manufacturing facilities to create, follow and document a wide range of procedures ranging from cleanliness to production processes to vetting suppliers like tobacco growers. While nothing changed today, this marks a monumental step forward in how FDA could regulate the cigar industry because today’s proposed changes would mean FDA would be regulating the cigar factories directly.
13 Thoughts: STG Buys Alec Bradley
Hey, STG acquired another company during Day 1 of TPE.
Ten Questions for 2023
Two days late and a dollar short, it’s time to think about some big storylines for the cigar industry in 2023.
Graded: Ten Questions for 2022
It’s time to see just how clear Charlie Minato’s crystal ball was when it came to looking ahead to 2022.
Two, Three (Programming Notes)
There are 23 M’s. That’s the joke.
The Trade Show of Legends, a PCA 2022 Recap
It’s a manatee wearing a t-shirt.
Nine Things: FDA’s Regulation of Premium Cigars Deemed Illegal
So you want to know what happens next. Here are “nine” “thoughts” on the matter.
13 Questions: Explaining FDA’s Plans to Ban Flavored Cigars, Menthol Cigarettes
Yesterday, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration followed through with its commitment to move closer towards bans on the sales of flavored cigars and menthol…
11 Things: NASEM’s “Premium Cigars: Patterns of Use, Marketing, and Health Effects”
You didn’t want to read that 526-page FDA-commissioned report about premium cigars? Would you like to read 4,349 words of what I think about it?