U.S. Senator Joni Ernst Co-Sponsors Premium Cigar Exemption Bill S. 294
Support in the U.S. Senate continues to grow in favor of premium cigar exemption. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) became the 21st member of the...
District Court Judge Strikes Down FDA’s Premium Cigar Warning Label Requirement
The cigar industry is celebrating a legislative victory against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta has ruled...
Proposed Tobacco Tax Hikes Removed from Build Back Better Act Draft
The massive tax hikes on tobacco products that was proposed in a House of Representative bill have been removed from the latest draft of...
FDA’s Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Bans on Track
In recent years the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken steps to regulate the tobacco industry, mostly focusing on the Electronic Nicotine...
FDA Releases Tobacco User Fee Draft Guidance
Confused by tobacco product user fees? There's new draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that may make things somewhat clearer...
Georgia’s House Bill 1229 Takes on Alternative Nicotine
House Bill 1229 sets out to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation. The bill's supporters ...
Trump Nominates Dr. Stephen M. Hahn for FDA Commissioner Position
President Donald Trump has revealed his plans to nominate Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to take on the role of commissioner of the U.S. Food...
FDA Begins Review of Premium Cigar Regulation
Here we go again–the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is looking at regulating premium cigars but this time around, it wants to hear...
H.R. 3982 Aims to Exempt Cigars from FDA Regulation
There's a new legislative push to exclude handcrafted premium cigars from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation. H.R. 3982, known as "Traditional Cigar...
Cigar Industry Loses Appeal in Latest FDA Lawsuit Ruling
In an appeal from the the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, a panel of judges ruled against the cigar industry...
