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given firm commitment that they are going to consid-
er making major changes or withdrawing [the ruling]
entirely,” says Edney. “We are cautiously optimistic that
one of these pathways will work. One way or another we
are hoping that we will be able to provide some relief for
all of you [in the industry].”
FORGING A FUTURE
In the meantime, however, manufacturers and retailers
must continue to contend with the regulations already
in place, noted Tom Briant, executive director of the
National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO). For
manufacturers, that involves meeting all of the com-
pliance deadlines, including being prepared to submit
substantial equivalence (SE) reports that demonstrate
a product is substantially equivalent to a product that
was on the market as of February 15, 2007, by May
8, 2018, or submit premarket tobacco product applica-
tions (PMTAs) by November 8, 2018. Products intro-
duced to the market after the predicate date of Feb-
ruary 15, 2007, will no longer be able to stay on store
shelves unless the appropriate application is filed in
advance of its respective deadline.
Having an application filed with the FDA will allow
a product to be sold until May 8, 2019, if the product
requires an SE report, or until November 8, 2019, if a
PMTA is required. “If a company provides all of the
documentation required and the FDA does not finish
their review of that application by those 2019 dates, the
Davidoff
Announces
Golden Band
Award Winners
Davidoff of Geneva USA bestowed its coveted
Golden Band Awards on the trade show floor
at IPCPR this year. Here are the categories
and winners for 2017:
1.
3.
5.
2.
4.
6.
Best Davidoff
Performance
(Single Location)
Maxamar Ultimate
Cigars (Orange, Calif.)
Best Performance
(Multiple Locations)
Corona Cigar Company
(Orlando, Fla.)
Davidoff Growth
(Single Location)
Cigars by Chivas
(Pasadena, Calif.)
Davidoff Growth
(Multiple Locations)
Davidus Cigars
(Frederick, Md.)
Davidoff Appointed
Merchant of theYear
Ambassador Fine Cigars
(Phoenix, Ariz.)
Best Merchandising
The Cigar Shop
of Biloxi
(Biloxi, Miss.)
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