Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved the Agriculture Appropriations Bill, which was drafted by a subcommittee last month. Included in the bill is an exemption for premium cigars from regulation as well as a recommended change of the predicate date from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). That language has now made it […]
It’s a road the premium cigar business has been down before, but yesterday a proposed House Agriculture Appropriations Bill has cleared a subcommittee with language that contains an exemption for premium cigars and for a change in the grandfather date for premium cigar products to be exempted from regulation. The central point of interest for cigar […]
At a June 20th, 2017 Senate Appropriations Committee to discuss the 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Senator Marco Rubio brought up the Deeming Rule and the current impacts on the premium cigar market. Senator Rubio asked FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb if there were any plans to re-evaluate the inclusion of […]
Last week came word that 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). Yesterday, the FDA published a guidance document containing the revised compliance dates. The new timetable applies to compliance deadlines […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a new Commissioner in Dr. Scott Gottlieb. Today Gottlieb was confirmed by the United States Senate in a vote of 57 -42. Gottlieb, a physician and former Deputy Commissioner at the FDA was nominated by President Donald Trump back in March. Late last month, he was approved […]
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.. […]
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the nominee by President Trump for U.S. Food and Drug Administraton (FDA) Commissioner was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee by a vote of 14-9. Gottlieb’s nomination now heads to a full vote in the United States Senate. Gottlieb’s nomination has been hailed by the premium cigar industry. He […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun to issue determinations on select premium cigars on whether they meet the criteria to be grandfathered from requiring the agency’s approval for marketing. This month five products made by Altadis USA have been determined to be grandfathered as being reported from the FDA Database. These are among the first […]
H. New Media Law and Ortega Premium Cigars have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently issued eight Determination of Grandfather Status letters for Ortega Premium Cigar’s brands REO (4 sizes) and VIBE (4 sizes). According to Frank Herrera of H New Media Law, these were among the first premium cigar brands to […]
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has called on Congress and President Trump to reject the attempted efforts of the tobacco industry to roll back the Deeming regulations for premium cigars and e-cigarettes. The organization said the Trump Administration “must continue to vigorously defend the FDA’s authority” and “should side with America’s kids, not the tobacco […]
