WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations debated the Fiscal Year 2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill (“FY 17”). By a voice vote the full Committee passed a bi-partisan bill that included language that would protect premium cigars from proposed FDA regulation. During the debate, an amendment was offered, and ultimately defeated in a bi-partisan vote of 34 to 14, that would have removed the language proposed last week by the Agriculture […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies released the fiscal year 2017 Agriculture Appropriations, which included language addressing the issue of premium cigars and proposed FDA regulation. Cigar Rights of America applauds the language included by the committee that seeks to protect small businesses and the freedom of adult consumers throughout the nation. The language contained within the bill, and […]
In addition to the following email sent to the supporters of the CRA; The Cigar Rights of America has also shared how they plan to go about the potential regulations. We have omitted that from this posting. From the CRA: Today, The White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) – Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs published that they have received a Draft Final Rule for deeming cigars subject to federal regulation. As you […]
In what led to the Presidency for Ronald Reagan, our own David Garofalo went to Washington DC this past week where he campaigned for justice, the justice of cigar smokers. Joined by the likes of Glynn Loope, Rocky Patel, Rafael Nodal and countless others they walked the halls of the Senate soliciting Senators and Representatives to leave premium cigars alone. We will also be joined by Jeremy Soares the New England sales rep for My […]
As has become tradition the last few years a group of manufacturers, retailers IPCPR and Cigar Rights get together in Washington DC. The purpose of the trip is to walk the halls of the US Capitol and talk to various senators and members of the house and help get the message across about premium cigars. Each week our website is filled with news about proposed smoking bans, increases in OTP taxes and the general loss […]
This week on The Cigar Authority we will have two guests. Jon Carney will join us in studio. He has just returned from his sales meeting in the Dominican Republic and he will have an explosive announcement to share with us. Also Glynn Loope from the Cigar Rights of American will be calling in to bring us up to speed with the plan to remove premium cigars from the FDA. All this and the usual […]
A lot of people have reached out to me and asked now that the commenting period is over, what comes next in regards to FDA regulations? Well according to an article posted by the Executive Director of CSPnet.com a website for connivence stores, the following happens. After the dust settled from the public commenting period, a total of 82,000 comments were received. The comment period was Step 6 in a nine-step process. The law requires the FDA to […]
We have all heard how the FDA wants to regulate tobacco from the extreme possibility of cigars hidden behind a curtain and ordering from a book at your local brick & mortar instead of perusing the humidor. Then there is the definition of a premium cigar which is currently on the table at $10.00. As American citizens we should be proud of the fact that we have a voice. A voice that soldiers have fought to […]
On Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 Rocky Patel will be in Washington DC to testify before live in front of the Senate Finance Committee. You can watch his testimony sometime after 9am. According to Rocky Patel, he will most likely be seen between 10 and 10:30 AM. The testimony will be aired on CSPAN which is on most major news networks. You can also watch the Live Stream via the internet via the CSPAN website. UPDATE: You […]