Cigar Rights of America issued a statement in regards to the Office of Management and Budget’s timetable for a ruling on proposed regulations to the premium cigar industry. It has been announced that a new set of legislation will be filed, with additional planned overtures to the White House Administration planned. This is in response […]
Cigar News: Florida Governor’s Office Calls for Exemption for Premium Cigar Industry Against Potential FDA Regulations
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This past week, Florida Governor Rick Scott, and Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera have sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for the agency to exclude the premium cigar industry from proposed regulations. This is the first Governor’s office to call on the FDA for such an exemption. The letter was sent […]
Cigar News: OMB Strikes Language From FDA’s Proposed Regulations for Premium Cigars
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The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has made changes that significantly weaken the language that detailed Health Risks for Cigars. This marks the second agency in less than a weak to express concerns over the proposed FDA regulations outlined in the Deeming Document. Last week the Small Business Administration sent a letter to […]
Cigar News: FDA Extends Public Comment Period 30 Days
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a 30 day extension of the public comment for the proposed rule “Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act”. The public comment period will now close on August 8th, […]
Cigar News: Small Business Administration Says Economic Impact to Proposed FDA Regulations Underestimated
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Glynn Loope, the Executive Director of Cigar Rights of America was a special guest on the 6/19/14 edition of Stogie Geeks. On the show he revealed that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that the economic impacts of the proposed regulations in the […]
Cigar News: IPCPR Issues Guidance to Retailers on Public Comment to FDA’s Proposed Regulations
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Editor’s Note: Guidance has been issued by Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and now the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association in regards for submitting public comment. Cigar Coop strongly advises consumers to look at the CRA guidance and retailers to look at the IPCPR guidance. This past Friday, IPCPR issued guidance to […]
Cigar News: White House Issues Response and Rejects Petition to Not Allow The FDA To Regulate Premium Cigars
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The White House has responded and rejected the petition to not allow the FDA to regulate premium cigars. The official response was made by Mitch Zeller, Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products. The White House Petition was created back in April 2012. There were a total of 40,694 signatures seeking […]
Cigar News: CRA Issues Guidance for Public Comment to Proposed FDA Regulations
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As many know, the proposed regulations outlined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been put forth for public comment. Cigar Rights of America (CRA) has issued guidance in crafting your public comment. We encourage all cigar enthusiasts to follow these guidelines, and if you are not a CRA member, please join. The guidelines listed are […]
Cigar News: Cigar Rights of America Issues Statement on FDA’s Deeming Document on Regulation of Premium Cigars
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Cigar Rights of America (CRA) became the third major tobacco-based organization to issue a response to proposed regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outlined in the recently released Deeming Document. Below is the text of a press release issued by the organization: On Thursday, April 24, 2014 the future of the premium cigar […]
Cigar News: IPCPR Responds to FDA Deeming Document
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The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association has responded to proposed regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outlined in the recently released Deeming Document. The proposed regulations have been published and will be available for a period of 75 days of public comment ending on July 10, 2014. Of importance to the […]