On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order putting a freeze on all new regulations. For the cigar industry, it doesn’t change the FDA regulations currently in play. However, it could temporarily slow down the progress of the current implementation of the regulations going forward. The key point is that […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance on January 17, 2017 as it pertains to free samples of tobacco products. In the guidance, the FDA confirmed that the free sample ban applies to all tobacco products subject to its authority over tobacco products. The Deeming Rule which went into effect on August 8, 2016 extended […]
With the 115th Congress now in session, the time has come to introduce and re-introduce proposed legislation. This past week, House Bill (HR) 564 has been introduced by Representative Bill Posey of Florida to the U.S. House of Representatives. The purpose of the bill is to introduce legislation to exempt premium cigars from regulations being proposed by the […]
One of the new regulatory requirements by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is that cigar manufacturers are subject do is to submit ingredient listings for the products they market. Today, the FDA announced a six month grace period for when this information is required to be submitted. Under the original guidance, manufacturers were […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is well known for his love of cigars. Following his friend Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 Presidential election, there was talk of Giuliani being up for a Cabinet post in the Trump Administration. Given Giuliani’s ties to Trump and potentially having an influential role in the Administration […]
Congressman Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina), Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus used a meeting with President Elect Donald Trump to present to him a list of 232 regulations that could be revoked in Trump’s first 100 days in office. One of the proposed regulations to be revoked were “Deeming tobacco products to be subject to […]
One of the new regulations under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)is the requirement manufacturers register with the FDA and submit a product listing of the products they sell. A deadline of December 31, 2016 was enacted for when these submissions were due to the FDA. Today, the FDA has now announced that they will […]
In a year-end communication from the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Government Affairs Team, it was revealed that a court date for the lawsuit filed by the cigar industry’s trade associations against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been scheduled for July 28, 2017. The lawsuit challenges the Deeming Regulations implemented […]
It wasn’t unexpected, but it’s another defeat for the premium cigar industry. The exemption specified in the House Appropriations Bill that included language for cigars from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) control was overridden as the result of an implementation of a Continuing Resolution. The industry was hoping to advance the Appropriations Bill which would […]
It’s the Cabinet nomination the cigar industry will most be interested in. Today, President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Georgia Congresman Tom Price M.D. to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. While much of the attention of this appointment will be focused on repealing Obamacare (for which Rep. Price has been a harsh critic), the […]
