New York Tobacco Retailers Fear Consequences of Proposed Tax Hike
Typically laws and legislation are introduced to help solve a problem but many unintentionally create even bigger problems. That is the case in New...
Global Premium Cigars’ FDA Lawsuit Comes to a Halt
Before the cigar trade groups filed their joint lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Global Premium Cigars, LLC. filed its own...
Cigar Trade Associations Ask Court to Delay FDA Warning Label and User Fee Requirements
Following the issuing of an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late March 2018 ,...
Tobacco to 21 Act Introduced and Backed by Eleven Senators
A trend of 2017 has been for many states and local governments to introduce bills raising the legal smoking age to 21 years old...
Cigar Industry Lawsuit Against FDA Argued in Court
The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR), Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and Cigar Association of America’s (CAA) lawsuit against the U.S....
FDA Issues Updated Guidance for Small Cigar Warning Labels
As Tobacco Business has reported in the past, part of the new regulations imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is that...
Los Angeles County Bans Flavored Tobacco Products
On Oct. 1, 2019, Los Angeles county's board of supervisors voted unanimously to ban flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and menthol cigarettes....
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...
FDA Seeks to Move and Consolidate Texas Cigar Lawsuit
Back in January, several Texas-based cigar businesses–including En Fuego, El Cubano Cigars and the Texas Cigar Merchants Association (TXCMA)–filed a lawsuit against the U.S....
FDA Releases Updated Guidance on Free Sample Ban of Tobacco Products
Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began rolling out the Deeming Regulations in 2016, one area of the the new regulations that...