Cigar Exemption, FDA Predicate Date Change Approved by Appropriations Committee (Update)
Cigar smokers got two wins at today’s meeting of the House of Representations Committee on Appropriations. The committee met for a markup meeting, a process…
Subcommittee Passes Appropriations Bill With FDA Cigar Exemption (Update)
The House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture has passed a bill for the 2017 fiscal year appropriations bill. Included in it is language that exempts premium…
Cigar Smoking Machine Sought by FDA
As the cigar industry awaits just what kind of regulation it will be facing from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), many have wondered…
Califf Confirmed as New FDA Commissioner (Update)
There is a new commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Earlier today, the U.S. Senate voted 89-4 in favor of confirming Dr. Robert Califf…
Obama’s Proposed Budget Includes Near Doubling of Federal Cigar Tax
As part of the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2017, a new program called Preschool for All has been proposed with funding coming from an…
Bill to End Operation Choke Point Clears U.S. House of Representatives
A bill seeking to bring an end to Operation Choke Point, the government program launched in 2013 that seeks to disconnect certain businesses from the banking…
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…
FDA Reopens Comments On Tobacco Related Rules
The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has reopened public comments on its proposed document titled “Clarification of When Products Made or Derived From…
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…
