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FDA Cigar Lawsuit Delayed 30 Days Without Regulation Deadline Extension

The lawsuit between three cigar trades and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has been delayed by 30 days. A motion followed by attorneys…

Global Premium Cigars’ Lawsuit Against FDA Gets Stayed

The lawsuit brought against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) by Global Premium Cigars, LLC, makers of the 1502 brand, has been stayed, bringing…

Six Things: What FDA’s 2021 Delay Means for Cigars

Today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would extend deadlines for two provisions that deal with how companies apply for approval…

CRA & IPCPR Issue Statement on FDA’s Substantial Equivalence Delay

Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) have issued a joint statement regarding the announcement that the…

FDA Delays Submission Deadline for Cigar Approval to 2021

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will be unveiling a new comprehensive tobacco policy, which amongst other things will delay the…

Illusione, Cuban Stock Receive FDA Grandfather Status

Illusione and Cuban Stock have become the third and fourth premium cigar brands to receive approval as a grandfathered product by the U.S. Food &…

Rubio & Manchin Testify Against FDA Cigar Regulation

Today, at a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee, premium cigars received some bipartisan support. Sen. Marco Rubo, R-Fla, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., both testified…

House Subcommittee Passes Agriculture Bill With FDA Premium Cigar Exemption

The 2017 efforts to exempt premium cigars from FDA regulation have taken another step in Congress. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representative Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on…

FDA Grandfather Language Passes House Subcommittee

A measure to change the grandfather date of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) deeming regulations from Feb. 15, 2007 to Aug. 8, 2016…

FDA Commissioner Testifies to Senate About Premium Cigars

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the newly-appointed commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), testified yesterday in front of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the agency’s…

What Trump’s Budget Means for Cigars

In short, not much. President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes substantial cuts to the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), formerly known as SCHIP, and the U.S. Food…