While Denver’s proposed ban on flavored tobacco is moving forward, there’s now an exemption that means it won’t apply to premium cigars, pipe tobacco and hookah tobacco.

The Denver City Council Safety Committee unanimously approved the proposal earlier today, but it added an exemption for three tobacco categories, including premium cigars. The exemption defines premium cigars as cigars that are made by hand, wrapped in natural tobacco leaf, and do not include a tip. There is no price requirement like similar exemptions proposed in California.

If approved by the full City Council the ban will go into effect on July 1, 2022.

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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.