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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Yesterday, if you read mainstream media reports, you heard of the FDA’s decision to regulate the e-cigarette industry. However, if you are a close follower of the premium cigar industry, you know that the FDA’s Deeming Document on tobacco regulation goes far and beyond e-cigarettes and can hit the premium cigar industry hard. One thing […]
Following the announcement of the Deeming Rule by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) around tobacco product regulations, the Cigar Asssociation of (CAA) has issued a press release. In the press release the CAA said it was distributors, and other suppliers, said today that it was “prepared to continue working closely with the Food […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) has issued its deeming rule. Deeming Rule for regulation of other tobacco products including e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco, and premium cigars. This regulation proposes sweeping changes that will have a significant impact on the cigar industry. As a part of the proposals, the FDA is seeking public comment – […]
