The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent its proposed rules that would ban flavored cigars to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. Also going to the OMB is the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. The proposed rules will now be reviewed by the OMB’s Office of Information and […]
With the comment period of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed Tobacco Products Manufacturing Practice (TPMP) rule set to end today, both Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and the Premium Cigar Association have submitted comments on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed Tobacco Products Manufacturing Practice (TPMP) rule. Under this rule, […]
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed paperwork on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the courts officially appealing the decision made by Judge Amit P. Mehta that ordered the Deeming Rule to be defeated. The Court of Appeals typically reviews the case that was decided in District Court to […]
Last week, Judge Amit P Mehta ruled in favor of the premium cigar industry in its battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and ordered that the Deeming Rule, which would regulate premium cigars, be vacated. A year earlier Judge Mehta ruled the FDA’s decision not to exempt premium cigars from regulation on the […]
While the premium cigar industry is celebrating a victory with the Courts ordering the Deeming Rule for Premium Cigars to be vacated, there are still strong indications the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is continuing to invest in research to shape future regulation of the Premium Cigar industry. Last month, a supplemental issue of […]
The cigar industry has perhaps gotten its biggest win to date in its battle against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Today Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia has ordered the Deeming Rule for premium cigars be vacated. The Deeming Rule subjected premium cigars to regulation […]
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has announced its Call to Action against proposed increasing regulations around tobacco manufacturing. The FDA’s proposed requirements are aimed at tobacco product manufacturers regarding the manufacture, design, packing and storage of their products. The rules are aimed at cigars, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, and vape products. From a cigar industry […]
Various members of the Cigar Industry had an opportunity to present oral feedback as a part of an Open Public Hearing to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practices (TMTP). Among the stakeholders who provided feedback on their participation were Joshua Habursky, Deputy Executive Director of the Premium Cigar […]
Following the issuing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed requirements for tobacco product manufacturing processes to the Federal Register, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) issued a response on the proposed rules. Regarding the recent court ruling that the FDA acted arbitrarily and capriciously in deeming premium cigars subject to the Act, the […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed new requirements for tobacco product manufacturers regarding the manufacture, design, packing and storage of their products. The rules are aimed at cigars, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, and vape products. From a cigar industry standpoint, these regulations target cigar factories and pre-industry facilities both domestic and foreign. […]
