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…
FDA Plans Updated Substantial Equivalence Process for Tobacco Products
One of the many complaints cigar companies have with the FDA and the agency’s regulations on tobacco products is a lack of clarity. Nowhere is…
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…
Plaintiffs Request Summary Judgment in Texas FDA Cigar Case
Recently, most of the attention surrounding the lawsuits against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has centered around the original case filed in Washington…
FDA Announces New Flavored E-Cigarette Rules, Changes Some Flavored Cigar Rules
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its much new anticipated rules for e-cigarettes and in it is a change that could affect…
Ned Sharpless, National Cancer Institute Head, Named Acting FDA Commissioner
Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless, the current director of the National Cancer Insitute, has been named the acting commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration…
Trump’s Budget Calls for E-Cigarette User Fees, Likely Hikes for Cigars
President Trump unveiled his FY2020 budget and in it is a proposal that would likely affect the user fees paid by cigar companies to help…
FDA Delays HPHC Testing Requirements for Cigars, E-Cigarettes
As expected, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has delayed the requirements for cigar manufacturers to submit data regarding the…
Six Parting Thoughts on Scott Gottlieb’s Resignation
I wasn’t planning on doing this explainer type post, but given that I keep receiving text messages and emails about the subject, here we are….
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Resigning
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), is resigning. According to a report from the Washington Post, Gottlieb resigned earlier…
Cigar Industry Files Appeal in D.C. FDA Lawsuit
As expected, the cigar industry has filed an appeal in the central lawsuit over FDA’s regulation of premium cigars. Earlier this week, attorneys for the Cigar…
