FDA Launches the Every Try Counts Campaign
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its efforts to reduce the number of adult smokers in the U.S. with the launch of...
FDA Releases Updated Guidance For Cigar Warning Statements
Following the July 2018 announcement that a federal judge had delayed the cigar and pipe tobacco warning statements, now the U.S. Food and Drug...
New York Convenience Store Retailers Stop Cigar Tax Shift
Convenience store retailers and suppliers’ combined efforts have prevented a shift in New York’s cigar excise tax. Governor Cuomo originally proposed a switch in...
FDA Issues its First PMTA Status Report
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has submitted its first status report on its progress reviewing and issuing marketing orders or denials to...
What You Need to Know About the Tobacco Product Listing Deadline
There's an important compliance deadline coming up on June 30, 2018. For some manufacturers of deemed tobacco products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
FDA and FTC Issues Warning Letters to E-Liquid Manufacturers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing its crack down on the e-cigarette vapor category. The...
California Assembly Approves Senate Bill 793 Banning Flavored Tobacco
On Aug. 24, 2020, the California Assembly approved a ban on the retail sale of flavored tobacco products within the state. The ban would...
San Francisco Bans Flavored Tobacco Products
Recently approved legislation will make San Francisco the first U.S. city to to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. The city’s board of...
California Reverses Course on Excise Tax
The following legislative update was contributed by the Cigar Association of America (CAA)
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) announced today that...
Some Premium Cigars Exempted from Anti-Smoking Bill
Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health voted to approve The Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic...
