Boveda has announced that on June 10th and June 11th, they will donate 50 percent of retail sales on BovedaStore.com to Cigar Rights of America. The intent of the campaign is to help fund the battle against regulation in the premium cigar industry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Boveda, formerly known as Humidpak […]
Cigar News: OMB Sets Timetable for June Date for Final Rule on Regulations, New Legislation Will Be Filed
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Cigar Rights of America issued a statement in regards to the Office of Management and Budget’s timetable for a ruling on proposed regulations to the premium cigar industry. It has been announced that a new set of legislation will be filed, with additional planned overtures to the White House Administration planned. This is in response […]
Cigar News: CRA Names Robert Levin New Chairman
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Cigar Rights of America quickly has found a new Chairman as Ashton Cigars President Robert Levin has been named to the position. Levin replaces Jeff Borysiewicz who announced his resignation to the board of directors last week. For Levin, this is his second tenure as CRA Chairman as he held the position from 2009 through 2011. […]
Cigar News: Borysiewicz Resigns as CRA Chairman
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Jeff Borysiewicz has informed the Board of Directors of Cigar Rights of America has resigned as Chairman of the Board. Borysiewicz is the owner of Corona Cigar Company, which consists of three large retail stores in the Orlando, Florida area and a mail order business. He is also a partner in Sindicato Cigars and now […]
Cigar News: CRA Issues Guidance for Public Comment to Proposed FDA Regulations
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As many know, the proposed regulations outlined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been put forth for public comment. Cigar Rights of America (CRA) has issued guidance in crafting your public comment. We encourage all cigar enthusiasts to follow these guidelines, and if you are not a CRA member, please join. The guidelines listed are […]
Cigar News: Cigar Rights of America Issues Statement on FDA’s Deeming Document on Regulation of Premium Cigars
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Cigar Rights of America (CRA) became the third major tobacco-based organization to issue a response to proposed regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outlined in the recently released Deeming Document. Below is the text of a press release issued by the organization: On Thursday, April 24, 2014 the future of the premium cigar […]
News: Padrón and Young Named to CRA Board
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Cigar Rights of America (CRA) has named Jorge Padron of Padron Cigars and James Young, President of Davidoff North America to its board of directors. In addition, CRA founder Jeff Borysiewicz of Corona Cigar Co.was re-elected as Chairman of the Board. Initial announcements of these appointment were reported by Cigar Aficionado. For Padron, he returns to the board […]
Cigar Conversation: J. Glynn Loope, Executive Director of the CRA (Part 1 of the 2012 IPCPR Conversation Series)
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Today, we launch a series of “Cigar Conversations” as a part of our 2012 IPCPR Trade Show coverage. These are folks who might be cigar makers, industry professionals, celebrities, or even a combination of both. It was tough to get to talk to everyone, and we apologize to those folks we were unable to talk […]
Quick Conversation: Rocky Patel Talks CRA
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Stace Berkland of Take 5 and myself were in Greenville, South Carolina at Outman Cigars’ second anniversary celebration. We managed to get a couple of minutes on a very busy night with the man himself. In this video, Rocky Patel spends a couple of minutes talking about the importance of joining Cigar Rights of America. […]
Editor’s Corner: Volume 1, Number 5: Grass Roots
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This past month, the most important petition in the history of the cigar industry in the United States was launched. The Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR)) launched a petition directed toward the Obama Administration asking for the exemption of premium cigars from FDA regulation. The […]