Cigar Warning Mandate Decoded
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require new warning label statements to be included on packaging and advertisements for cigars. Pursuant to...
Warnings Galore: Understanding California’s Proposition 65
Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule deeming tobacco products to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...
Greater Expectations: An Interview with Caldwell Cigar Co.’s Robert Caldwell
How does a birthday dinner lead to the creation of one of the leading boutique cigar companies? It started with an entrepreneur identifying a...
Purpose Driven Leadership: Tips from Davidoff’s Dylan Austin
On the first day of 2018, Dylan Austin took on the role of vice president of sales and marketing at Davidoff of Geneva USA....
Celebrating Dominican Cigars: A Look Back at Procigar 2018
Procigar, the association of cigar manufacturers in the Dominican Republic, hosted its 11th Procigar Festival from Feb. 18-23. More than 800 people from around...
Royal Agio’s Premium Focus
Since its launch in 1904 by Jacques Wintermans, Royal Agio Cigars has grown into one of the world’s largest cigar producers, making an estimated...
Living the Dream: Tobacco Shop of Ridgewood’s Gary and Barbara Kolesaire
Most about-to-be-married couples busy themselves debating which caterer to use or where to go on their honeymoon. Not Gary and Barbara Kolesaire, who decided...
FDA vs. Innovation
Innovation for tobacco businesses, as it relates to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of tobacco products, is finding ways to operate...
Much Ado About the FDA’s ANPRMs
In late March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rolled out three separate advanced notices of proposed rulemaking (ANPRMs) as part of the...
Advocacy Comes in Many Forms
The pace of the legislative and regulatory process is already proving to be rapid at this stage of 2018. As of this writing, as...
