Xikar Acquired by Quality Importers
Quality Importers Trading Company has acquired the popular accessory company Xikar, Inc. Quality Importers already is the distributor of many tobacco-related products and accessories...
Members of Congress Push for Premium Cigar Regulatory Relief
Twelve members of Congress have written a letter to President Donald Trump urging that he and his administration end the regulations imposed on the...
15 State Tobacco Legislative Bill Updates
The National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) has compiled the following list of state tobacco-related legislative bills that have been acted on by a...
Japan Tobacco International Sells Its Shares of KT&G
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) offloading its entire stake in Korean tobacco maker KT&G. News of JTI's business move on Dec. 4, 2019, sent shares...
Foundry Tobacco Company Reveals its New Temple Hall Estates Collection
Foundry Tobacco Company’s new Temple Hall Estates collection pays homage to a rich past that has ties to World War II and Cuba.
During WWII,...
Minnesota Governor Proposes Premium Cigar Tax Increase
Taxes impacting premium cigars have been in the spotlight in Minnesota for quite some time. In 2017, Gov. Mark Dayton pushed for an increase...
FDA Releases Tobacco User Fee Draft Guidance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 There's new draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that may make things somewhat clearer...
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...
IQOS Sales and Availability in the U.S. Slowed by COVID-19
According to Goldman Sachs' Bonnie Herzog, the rollout of Philip Morris International's heat-not-burn device IQOS has been slower than expected, mostly due to the...
Premium Cigar Exemption Included in FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
Language calling for the exemption of premium cigars from regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was included in the U.S. House...
