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Bill Introduced in US Senate To Exempt Premium Cigars From FDA

Yesterday, United States Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) re-introduced legislation to exempt premium cigars from FDA regulation. The bill, Senate Bill 294 (“S. 294”), was introduced with a total of 10 original sponsors and co-sponsors, which include Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Senator Daines (R-MT), Senator Tester (D-MT), Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Senator Corey Gardner (R-CO), Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) and Senator Dean Heller (R-NV). Like S. 441 and […]

February 3, 2017 by The Cigar Authority

White House Freezes All Pending Regulations

This afternoon, shortly after the inauguration of President Trump the White House ordered a freeze of all pending regulations. The move was made so all regulations including the FDA regulations on cigars can be reviewed by the Trump administration. The memo came from White House Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus. The move however is not new in the transfer of power, as the Obama administration enacted a regulatory freeze in 2009 after taking office […]

January 20, 2017 by The Cigar Authority

New Hampshire Rep Proposes Removal of Smoking Bans

New Hampshire Representatives Robert Hull (R-District 09) and Lino Avellani (R-District 05) have introduced and sponsored House Bill 279 (“HB 279”) in the General Court that would make changes to the New Hampshire Indoor Smoking Act . Under the bill, HB 279 would remove the prohibition on smoking public conveyances that are privately owned, as well as restaurants, grocery stores, and cocktail lounges. In drafting the bill, Representative Hull stated, “It’s a property-rights issue…should the […]

January 13, 2017 by The Cigar Authority

Cigar Rights of America Issues Legislative Update

The beginning of the New Year marks the opening of state capitols across the nation, as legislative bodies begin their deliberations for 2017. We are only in the opening days of January 2017, and already there are cigar related bills, both positive and negative, in almost a dozen states. CRA will work to keep you informed of legislation that we need to either support or defeat over the course of the coming weeks and months. With […]

January 13, 2017 by The Cigar Authority

FDA Extends Deadline to File Ingredients

Some welcome news out of Washington. Today, FDA extended the deadline to file ingredients from 2/8/16 to 8/8/17. The Guidance, https://www.fda.gov/downloads/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/UCM527044.pdf, states in relevant part: The preamble to the deeming rule (81 FR 28974) stated that FDA does not intend to enforce the requirement to submit ingredient listing for manufacturers and importers of newly deemed tobacco products that were introduced into interstate commerce on or before August 8, 2016 provided submissions are received by February […]

December 28, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

FDA Answers Questions Regarding Substantial Equivlence

According to a press release from the FDA, any brand that had a quantity count change after 2007, constitutes a new product. Something that the cigar industry is sure to challenge. The FDA issues a new press release today that included a link to a FAQ answering some questions in regards to Substantial Equivlence. The press release states, “Today, the FDA is issuing the third edition of the guidance for industry titled Demonstrating the Substantial […]

December 12, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

FDA Issues Warning Letter To Parent Company of Drew Estate

According to a press release from the FDA, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to four tobacco manufacturers—Swisher International Inc., Cheyenne International LLC, Prime Time International Co., and Southern Cross Tobacco Company Inc.—for selling flavored cigarettes that are labeled as little cigars or cigars, which is a violation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA). The companies received warning letters for products under the “Swisher Sweets,” “Cheyenne,” “Prime Time,” and […]

December 12, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

FDA Extends Deadline For Product Listing Until June 30, 2017

Today, the FDA issued the revised guidance, “Registration and Product Listing for Owners and Operators of Domestic Tobacco Product Establishments.” In the initial revised guidance issued in July of this year, U.S. manufacturers of newly regulated products faced a deadline of December 31, 2016 for compliance with the registration and product listing requirements of section 905 of the Tobacco Control Act. The guidance has been revised again to clarify that for U.S. manufacturers of newly […]

December 9, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

IPCPR Issues 2016 Year In Review

IPCPR issued the following Year in Review for 2016: In 2016 the premium tobacco industry faced many legislative and regulatory challenges. The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) was at the forefront of each these battles on the federal and state levels, representing the interests of your business. Some of our notable achievements include: FDA Lawsuit – IPCPR partnered with the Cigar Association of America, and the Cigar Rights of America to file […]

December 8, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

Appropriations Bill Sees FDA Exemption Stripped in Proposal by Congress

There was hope that the cigar industry would receive a Hail Mary when earlier this year, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that provided an exemption for premium cigars from the over-reach of the FDA. However, in a bill proposal last night that will fund the U.S. Government until the spring of 2017 the language that would have provided safe passage for premium cigars was stripped from the bill. The bill will fund the […]

December 7, 2016 by The Cigar Authority

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