Over the past year, one of the most common I’ve heard from many people is “When will see Cuban Cigars available the United States?” The answer to that question pretty much is dependent on when the Cuban Embargo will actually be lifted. However, this answer is now more complicated by the recent announcement of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s […]
On August 8th, 2016, premium cigars will be subject to regulations introduced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This will drastically change the way new products will be introduced to the marketplace. One thing that has been the subject of much conversation is something called the “grandfather” date to market a premium cigar product […]
As a part of the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations over premium cigars is the requirement of Warning Labels on cigar packages and cigar advertisements. The requirement for Warning Labels goes into effect two years after the issuing of the regulations (August 3, 2018). While this may seem like a simple requirement, […]
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its regulations on tobacco products. The regulations issued include premium cigars for which there is no exemption from FDA regulation, nor revised predicate date. In addition to premium cigars, the new regulations include pipe tobacco, hookah, and electronic cigarettes. The timetable for the new regulations to take effect is […]
Today the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved the Agriculture Appropriations Bill that was drafted by a subcommittee last week. Included in the bill is an exemption for premium cigars from regulation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As a part of the markup, two amendments were proposed and the results both […]
It’s the first step in a long process, but the proposed House Agriculture Appropriations Bill has cleared a subcommittee with the language that has an exemption for premium cigars. Yesterday, a draft of the proposed Agriculture Appropriations Bill was released that allowed for an exemption for premium cigars. What that means is that Federal funding […]
The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations committee has released the fiscal year 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill. The bill makes fiscal appropriations (i.e. funding) for programs covered in the areas of agriculture, rural development, and Food and Drug Administration. In the draft, language has been included an exemption for premium cigars. What that means is essentially that funds in […]
In what was a blow to the cigar industry, the language that would have exempted premium cigars from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation was not included in the Omnibus Spending Bill. In addition, language that would have shifted the proposed grandfather date for cigars subject to regulation was not included. What this means, is […]
As Congress is debating what the Federal Budget with the Omnibus Spending Bill, part of the process is to determine what Federal programs will receive funding. With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pushing for regulations of premium cigars, it would require such funding. Word has now surfaced that there is a chance for […]
This week, we learned that the U.S. Food and Drug and Administration (FDA) delivered its proposed regulations to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Now eleven U.S. Senators have sent a letter to OMB Director Shaun Donovan to complete its review process as quick as possible. The eleven U.S. Senators include: Dick […]
