Swisher Responds to FDA’s Proposed Flavored Cigar Ban
In April 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed plans to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars . While the potential ban...
FDA Warning Letter to Retailers: What You need to Know
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last year or two, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now regulates all...
ITG Brands to Release Premium Winston Black Cigarette
ITG Brands, the third-largest tobacco company in the U.S., is known for its portfolio of well-known cigarette, cigar and e-cigarette brands like Winston, Kool,...
Mystery Surrounds Imperial Brands Cigar Division Buyer Allied Cigar Corp.
Who are the buyers behind the $1.33 billion Imperial Brands cigar division buyout? That's the question and subject of a recent article from Bloomberg...
Canada’s Bill S-5 Threatens Country’s Premium Cigar Market
While the tobacco industry has been engulfed in a fight with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over regulation, Canadian businesses have faced their...
22nd Century Group Discontinuing its Run Sun Brand
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s policy shift aimed at lowering the nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes has one tobacco manufacturer rethinking its portfolio.
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Man of the People: C.L.E. Cigars’ Christian Eiroa
Before he was 9 years old, Christian Eiroa recalls spending time on Honduran tobacco farms just for fun. Eiroa’s friends were the children of...
Jonathan Drew on Reinventing Drew Estate, Part 1
There’s no denying that Jonathan Drew is a maverick. He and his partners at Drew Estate broke virtually every unspoken rule in an industry...
Tobacco User Fees On the Rise in 2019
Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raised the user fees for cigar manufacturers and now as it reveals the user fees...
CHIP Program Ends; Its Tobacco Tax Does Not
With the start of the new fiscal year, another government program is getting the axe due to a lack of funding. This time the...
