Over the past couple of weeks, the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR), Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and Davidoff of Geneva have submitted requests for a 90 day extension of the comment period for the Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making (ANPRM) for Premium Cigars issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
Cigar News: Cigar Industry Responds to Omnibus Snub
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Following the decision by Congressional leaders to not include an exemption and predicate date change for the regulation of premium cigars by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill, the cigar trade associations issued a public response. Both organizations expressed disappointment; but with the industry’s lawsuit against […]
Cigar News: Cigar Industry Targets Warning Labels and User Fees with Motion for Injunction Against Deeming Rules
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In what might be considered a major development in the cigar industry’s lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the cigar trade associations have motioned the court for a preliminary injunction and partial summary judgment to prevent the FDA from moving forward with portions of the Deeming Regulations. The areas being targeted surround […]
Prime Time Special Edition #5: Cigar Rights with Glynn Loope
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For Special Edition #5, we dedicate this episode to cigar rights, and we have Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Executive Director J. Glynn Loope as our Special Guest. We will go in depth with Glynn and discuss the industry’s battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and gain a better understanding for the […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 5: Tues 6/27 at 9:15 Eastern, 8:15 Central
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For Special Edition #5, we dedicate this episode to cigar rights, and we have Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Executive Director J. Glynn Loope as our Special Guest. We will get the latest on the industry’s battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and gain a better understanding for the current strategy. We will break this […]
Cigar News: Timetable for FDA Regulations Delayed by 90 Days
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will extend and defer enforcement of all future compliance deadlines under the Rule for cigar and pipe tobacco products for three months (90 days). The decision stems from the joint cigar industry’s lawsuit against the FDA. Last month, the court date for the lawsuit was pushed back 30 days.. […]
Cigar News: Cigar Industry Lawsuit Court Date Pushed Back to End of August
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The court date for the lawsuit filed by the cigar industry’s trade associations against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been pushed back to August 30, 2017. The lawsuit challenges the Deeming Regulations implemented by the FDA on the premium cigar industry. Originally, opening arguments in the lawsuit were set to begin on July […]
Cigar News: Cigar Industry’s Lawsuit Gains Support in Motion for Summary Judgement
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A week after the cigar industry filed a Motion for Summary Judgment with the Court in its pending lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Adninistration (FDA) two additional Amicus Curaie briefs have been filed. One jointly by four states and one by the in profit organization Cause of Action Institute (CoA). The Motion for Summary Judgemet […]
Cigar News: Trade Associations File Motion for Summary Judgement in FDA Lawsuit
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The Cigar Association of America (CAA), Cigar Rights of America (CRA), and International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) filed a motion for Summary Judgement and opening brief in the lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Final Deeming Rule on premium cigars and pipes. The motion was filed February 13th, 2017 […]
Editor’s Corner Volume 6 Number 2a: Footnotes on the Petition to Support HR 564
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You saw it come out earlier today. It’s another cigar rights petition to rally the troops against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) assault on the cigar industry.. And like many cigar enthusiasts, you probably are “petitioned out”. However, I think its important to understand why this petition was put out there and the most […]