In a move that was not unexpected, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will increase the user fees it is charging the U.S. tobacco industry. For Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, the industry will be charged $672 million dollars – an increase of $37 million dollars from FY 2017. From those numbers $64 million dollars […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the deadline for domestic cigar manufacturers to submit product and establishment registration information is being pushed out from September 30, 2017 to October 12, 2017. According to FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the delay is being implemented due to login and connectivity problems on the website […]
On September 14, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a twelve-bill spending package for the 2018 Fiscal year that included the Agriculture Appropriations Bill that was crafted by a House Subcommittee earlier this summer. This bill includes language that calls for a premium cigar exemption and predicate date change to August 8, 2016. It marks the […]
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a twelve-bill spending package for the 2018 Fiscal year that includes the Agriculture Appropriations Bill that was approved by a subcommittee earlier this summer. This bill includes language that calls for a premium cigar exemption and predicate date change to August 8, 2016. The bill package now moves to […]
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that it will defer a ruling on a motion by six public health organizations to intervene as defendants in the cigar industry’s lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ruling was made by Judge Amit P. Mehta. This motion is of particular importance to the lawsuit […]
Back on July 24, six public health organizations filed a motion to intervene as defendants in two lawsuits against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), one of which is the lawsuit brought forward by the Cigar Association of America (CAA), Cigar Rights of America (CRA), and International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR). Over the past week, motions have […]
For Special Edition #8, Bear and Coop discuss FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s announcements from 7/27/17. This included moving the date for pre-market approval for premium cigars to remain on the market that were not grandfathered, re-opening the discussion for how premium cigars should be regulated, and focusing around reducing nicotine in tobacco products. The guys also discuss […]
There is another 30-day delay in the lawsuit involving the cigar industry trade associations against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A joint motion was filed by both parties to extend all of the briefing deadlines another 30 days in the lawsuit. This request was made following the announcement on July 28th that the FDA […]
For Special Edition #8, Bear and Coop discuss FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s announcements from 7/27/17. This included moving the date for pre-market approval for premium cigars to remain on the market that were not grandfathered, re-opening the discussion for how premium cigars should be regulated, and focusing around reducing nicotine in tobacco products. The guys also discuss […]
H New Media, the law firm owned by Frank Herrera representing a group led by Global Premium Cigars in a lawsuit against the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that both parties have agreed to a Joint Motion to Stay the Case. This essentially suspends the case, but gives an option for either […]
