Trump Taps Cigar Friendly Congressman for Health and Human Services Head
Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next secretary of the Department Health and Human Services (HHS), the government department that…
FDA Removes Threshold Restrictions for Tobacco Product Applications
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has withdrawn restrictions regarding the minimum amount of information needed for the agency to…
FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Ingredient Listing Requirement
Today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance on its new rules that will require manufacturers and/or importers to disclose the ingredients…
FDA Responds to Joint CAA/CRA/IPCPR Lawsuit
Yesterday, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) responded to the lawsuit filed by three cigar industry trade groups. In July, the Cigar Association of…
FDA: Cigar Donations to Troops Are Illegal
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has clarified that donating cigars to members of the U.S. military is illegal under the deeming regulations that went…
Price Increases in the World of FDA Regulation
Cigar prices are going up. Over the last few days, we’ve published stories about what user fees will look like in 2017; another about one…
FDA Releases 2017 User Fee Costs
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has released its calculations for user fees for tobacco products for 2017 and the cigar industry will owe…
FDA Issues First Set of Warning Letters to Retailers Selling Newly Regulated Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the first round of warning letters have been sent to retailers found to be selling newly…
California Representative Calls on FDA to Clarify Cigars for Troops
A second U.S. Representative has spoken up in the discussion over whether or not it would be a violation of newly enacted FDA regulations for…
Bill Clarifying Cigar Donations to Troops Introduced
As part of the fallout of the regulation of premium cigars by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), some in the cigar industry feared that…
FDA Issues Cigar Warning, Advertising Plan Draft Guidance
When the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intention to regulate a variety of tobacco products, including cigars, it issued a variety of…
