Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance on the Substantial Equivalence process. As a part of issuing such guidance, there must be a public comment period. The comment period came to a close on July 17th (following a 30-day extension granted by the FDA). This saw many cigar companies […]
Cigar News: Boutique U.S. Factories and CRA Form Coalition of American Rollers
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At the end of the 19th century, there were 42,000 cigar factories in the U.S. Now with only around 50 remaining, a group of them have, along with Cigar Rights of America, have joined together and founded “The Coalition of American Cigar Rollers.” The goal of the Coalition is to advocate against regulation that threatens […]
Prime Time Special Edition #42: Enrique Seijas, Matilde Cigars
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Enrique Seijas returns to Prime Time – and this time he will join us for Special Edition. We’ll catch up on all of happenings with Matilde Cigars. Plus Bear and Coop discuss the launch of CigarAction.org and Kretak’s acquisition of Foundry Tobacco Company. Coop reports back from La Zona Palooza 2018. Finally, given this episode […]
Cigar News: CRA Asks U.S. Dept of Agriculture Secretary for Support in Battle Against Regulation
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Cigar Rights of America has authored a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on the importance of the cigar industry in the United States and how regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) being imposed on the industry could cripple it. In particular, the tobacco-growing operations in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Kentucky, […]
Cigar News: Cigar Rights of America Commemorates 10 Years
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This month Cigar Rights of America (CRA) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. This week also marks another milestone for CRA in that it is the tenth anniversary of its “Freedom Tour”, which essentially was a launch tour for Cigar Rights of America. It was shortly after the 2008 Retail Tobacco Dealers Association (RTDA, now […]
Cigar News: Cigar Rights of America Issues Statement on FDA Warning Label Injunction
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Cigar Rights of America Executive Director Glynn Loope issued a statement on the ruling by Judge Amit P. Mehta granting a Motion for an Injunction Pending Appeal delaying the enforcement of the implementation of warning label requirements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The injunction stopped the FDA’s plans to enforce warning label […]
Prime Time Special Edition #34: Glynn Loope, Cigar Rights of America
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For Prime Time Special Edition #34 we are proud to welcome back J. Glynn Loope, Executive Director for Cigar Rights of America. We will catch up on the war with the FDA – and we will look at warning labels, ANPRMs, legislation, and a whole lot more. Don’t forget, you can catch us on Google Play […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition #34 – Glynn Loope, Cigar Rights of America Tues 6/19 9:15pm EST, 8:15pm CST
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For Prime Time Special Edition #34 we are proud to welcome back J. Glynn Loope, Executive Director for Cigar Rights of America. We will catch up on the war with the FDA – and we will look at warning labels, ANPRMs, legislation, and a whole lot more. If you miss us, you can catch Prime […]
Cigar News: Premium Cigar Exemption and Predicate Date Change Language Included in FY19 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
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One day after taking a big loss in court in the challenge over Warning Label Plans and User Fees, the cigar industry had some good news as they learned that an amendment to the FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill has been approved that calls for both an exemption for premium cigars as well as a […]
Cigar News: Judge Upholds FDA’s Warning Label Plans and User Fees
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Today, the cigar industry took a crushing blow when United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Amit P. Mehta denied a Motion for Partial Summary Injunction filed by the three trade associations (Cigar Association of America – CAA, Cigar Rights of America – CRA, and the International Pipe and Cigar Retailers – […]