House Bill Would Ban Online Cigar Sales, Flavored Tobacco Products & Increase Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21
A new piece of proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would ban online sales of cigars, the sale of flavored cigars and increase…
Aderholt Introduces Bill Increasing Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21 in Congress
While the Tobacco 21 movement has been spreading across the country, an Alabama congressman is looking to make the change nationwide. On Thursday, Rep. Robert…
Rubio Hosting Field Hearing on Premium Cigars Next Week
Next Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will chair a field hearing on premium cigar regulation. The hearing is entitled Keeping Small, Premium Cigar Businesses Rolling and will…
New House Bill Introduced to Exempt Premium Cigars from FDA Regulation
Over three months after a bill was first reintroduced in the Senate, a bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would…
Bill Introduced in Congress Would Ban Internet Cigar & E-Cigarette Sales, Flavored Tobacco
A new bill introduced in Congress would drastically change the U.S. federal government’s laws regarding tobacco products, most notably, banning the sale of cigars online…
FDA Cigar Lawsuit Delayed Due to Government Shutdown
Anyone hoping for updates in the lawsuit involving three cigar trade groups and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will have to wait until…
Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Sales Tax for Online Purchases
The Supreme Court has ruled states can require online retailers to collect sales tax even if they have no physical presence in a state, a…
Premium Cigar Exemption, Predicate Date Change Included in FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
Congress will once again take up the issue of whether to reverse or modify regulations from premium cigars, though this time the strategy is a…
D.C. Court Rules in Favor of FDA in Cigar Regulation Lawsuit
The cigar industry has lost in a major court battle involving FDA regulations. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled in favor the U.S….
Cigar Exemption Not Included in FY2018 Omnibus
Once again Congress will pass a spending bill that contains no relief for cigars. The long-awaited FY2018 spending bill, a process commonly known as an…
FDA Announces ANPRM on Flavored Tobacco Restrictions
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is once again asking for input from the public about tobacco, this time about flavored tobacco. Today, FDA…
