Few things in life give me as much pleasure as handmade, premium cigars. They help organize my thoughts, they allow me to reflect and they relax me. As a reader ofCigar Aficionado, and a visitor to CigarAficionado.com, I bet you feel the same way. That’s why I’m reaching out to...
Food and Drug Administration on premium cigars. It states that restrictions such as banning flavored cigars, prohibiting the display of products in stores, and regulating nicotine levels, can devastate the tobacco industry. It advises retailers to support the International Premium Cigar & Pipe ...
Moderator Andrew Nagy of Cigar Aficionado, hosting the panel on FDA regulation. The panel urged members of the audience to reach out to their representatives in the government to urge them to support the premium cigar industry. “You are no longer a cigar smoker, you are a cigar voter,” ...
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced its plans to regulate deemed tobacco products and it does not look good for cigar smokers. The agency chose Option 1, the harsher of the two options, which would treat premium cigars like other deemed tobacco products. It was consider...
Now, the cigar trade groups are arguing that FDA does not appear to act quickly and, as such, they want the court to evaluate their claims of whether FDA acted properly. The groups hope the court will throw out the rule in its entirety for premium cigars. ...
"As the FDA itself noted in the proposed rule, even cigar smokers who do not inhale have a seven to 10 times higher overall risk of mouth and throat cancer compared with individuals who have never smoked. Exempting these dangerous products from FDA regulation is clearly not in the best ...
FDA did not provide any new information as to whether it would reevaluate premium cigar regulation. Shortly after it asked the public for comments on potential flavored cigar restrictions, the agency made a similar request onwhether it should treat premium cigars differentlythan other cigars, a mov...
’ (A) delay (for) substantial equivalence for premium cigars,” said Mehta. “(FDA) has really provided no guidance about how long this study will take when all along the premium cigar folks, and cigar folks more generally, have been asking for relief either this time of relief or some...
“actively considering the comments that it received on the ANRPM docket,”a reference to a 2018 process where the agency sought public commenton whether it should exempt premium cigars from regulation or modify the rules for premium cigars. Some in the premium cigar industry had thought F...
“From the very outset, what Mr. Edney (the lead attorney for the cigar industry) has been saying and I have articulated on a handful of occasions is that the agency… the claim that the agency didn’t do its homework before it subjected premium cigars to this regulatory scheme,” said ...