FDA Announces ANPRM for Maximum Nicotine Levels, Seeks Comment on Cigar Exemption
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) would once again like to know if you think it should regulate premium cigars differently than other tobacco…
Texas Cigar Businesses Sue FDA Over Cigar Regulations
There is another FDA lawsuit over cigars. In a complaint filed on Friday, En Fuego Tobacco Shop, a Dallas area retailer; El Cubano Cigars, a…
FDA Plans to Reevaluate Premium Cigar Regulation in 2018
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), announced “major policy goals” for the agency in 2018 and reevaluating the regulation…
Why The Government Spending Bill Is Important to Cigars, An Explainer
Omnibus. Continuing Resolutions. Agriculture Bill. DACA. Freedom Caucus. Those things are all important to cigars. It’s the end of the year and as has become…
FDA Responds to Cigar Groups Motion for Summary Judgment
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to a motion for summary judgment in the lawsuit brought on by three cigar trade groups…
29 Congressmen Send Letter to OMB Urging Cigars to be Exempt from FDA Regulations
Earlier this week, 29 members of Congress sent a letter to Mick Mulvaney, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB),…
Elk Grove Village, Ill. Will Raise Tobacco Purchase Age
The Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village has approved an increase to the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and alternative nicotine delivery products,…
FDA Expands Ingredient Listing Extension for All Manufacturers
While it likely won’t affect many cigar manufacturers, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its six-month extension to deadlines for manufacturers to…
FDA Extends Ingredient Listing Deadline Six Months Because of Hurricanes
One way or another, almost every cigar manufacturer just got another six months to file their ingredient listing and health document as part of the…
Court Rejects Health Groups Attempt to Enter FDA Cigar Lawsuit
In July, six health groups asked to be named as co-defendants in a lawsuit regarding the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of premium…
FDA Publishes Guidance on Free Sample Ban
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has published its most recent thoughts on its ban on “free samples” of cigars and other products and…
