FDA Hints at Flavored Cigar Ban
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) would like to ban flavored cigars. As part of the agency’s most recent Unified Agenda of Regulations, FDA…
FDA Cigar User Fees Top 5 Cents for FY 2019
The federally-mandated user fees that cigar companies are required to pay to fund the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) tobacco regulation will be increasing…
Texas Court Denies Appeal of Decision to Merge FDA Cigar Cases
Earlier this month, a federal court in Texas abruptly changed an earlier decision and opted to move a lawsuit regarding the U.S. Food & Drug…
Sens. Nelson & Rubio Call on FDA to Save Florida’s Historic Premium Cigar Industry
In a letter sent to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Wednesday, Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla), called on the agency…
Decision to Move Texas FDA Cigar Lawsuit Appealed
Attorneys for the three Texas-based cigar businesses that sued the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) over its cigar regulations have appealed a decision from…
FDA Cigar Warning Labels Delayed by Washington D.C. Court
Cigar companies will not have to place warning labels on boxes beginning Aug. 10, 2018. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that requirements…
Texas FDA Cigar Lawsuit Moved to D.C.
The Texas-based lawsuit over the FDA’s regulation of premium cigars will not be in Texas any longer. Yesterday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson reversed her…
17 Senators Send FDA Letter to Exempt Premium Cigars
A group of 17 bipartisan Senators have sent a letter to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), urging him…
Cigar Industry Gets Its Day in Texas Court
In a small courtroom in a non-descript building in the suburbia that is Plano, Texas, the cigar industry made its case once again that the…
Cigar Groups Appeal D.C. Court Ruling, Seek Delay of FDA Warning Labels
Last week, attorneys from three cigar trade groups filed a motion seeking to delay the implementation of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) warning…
FDA Extends Comment Period for Premium Cigar ANPRM to July 25
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for three Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemakings (ANPRM), including the one regarding whether…