Eleven trade associations in the vaping / electronic cigarettes space have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The lawsuit challenges the FDA’s Deeming Rule on tobacco products. The lawsuit was filed on June 20th in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia. The eleven co-plaintiffs include: American E-Liquid Manufacturing […]
The petition to the Obama Administration to further review the final rule on premium cigars being subjected to federal regulatory oversight has failed. The petition closed with a total of 24,758 signatures. The petition was launched on May 11, 2016. A total of 100,000 signatures in a the thirty day window was required in order to […]
Following the issuing of the requirements from the The issuing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Erik Hanson, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of the Klin Groupe issued a statement reaffirming the company’s commitment to the cigar business. Klin Groupe is the parent company of Hammer + Sickle as well as the Caleanoch brands of […]
A legal challenge is coming from the premium cigar industry against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s final regulations for premium cigars. Today, Global Premium Cigars CEO Enrique Sanchez Icaza announced that he has filed lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida court against the FDA on the Deeming Regulations. In a press release announcing […]
The first legal challenge from the tobacco business against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s recent final Deeming Rule on Tobacco has been filed. On Thursday May 26 2016, Altria filed a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court in Washington DC over the FDA’s recent ban on the use of the word “Mild” on the company’s […]
The three major trade organizations of the cigar industry have pledged a united front to respond to the regulations issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Today the Cigar Association of America (CAA), Cigar Rights of America (CRA), and International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) issued a letter pledging unity. At the same […]
A second legal challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Deeming Rule on Tobacco products has been filed. On May 19h, 2016 Lost Art Liquids, a Los Angeles e-liquid company filed a lawsuit against the FDA in the Central District of California. Lost Art Liquids joins Nicapure Labs LLC who filed a similar lawsuit […]
On May 5th, 2016 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced regulations to implement the Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. These regulations gave the FDA authority to regulate all tobacco products. Under these rules, premium cigars were now placed under FDA regulatory control. One of the new regulations involves some changes […]
The way things stand, May 5, 2016 will go down as the darkest day in the history of the cigar business. This is the day the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced sweeping regulations on the premium cigar industry. One question I’ve been asked is “What do you think will happen?” I hesitated putting […]
< Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling that will regulate premium cigars, Cigar Rights of America (CRA) has launched two new petitions. One petition is directed at members of Congress while the other one is directed at the President of the United States. In both cases, the petitions urge each branch of government […]
