The FDA announced a final rule implementing requirements around the minimum age of 21 to buy tobacco products.
FDA Issues Final Rule Around Tobacco 21 Enforcement | Cigar News
Cigar News: Hawaii Introduces Legislation to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 25
The Tobacco 25 movement has begun. This past week the State of Hawaii introduced a bill that would raise the tobacco purchase age from age 21 to age 25. Hawaii was the first state to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21 in 2015. Introduced by legislators Richard Creagan and John Mizuno, the bill covers […]
Cigar News: FDA Reaffirms Ongoing Enforcement of Age Compliance for Tobacco Purchases
On December 20, 2019 President Donald Trump signed a spending bill that at a federal level included language that changes the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to age 21. The legislation that went into law gave the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 65 – Top 10 List Recap
Special Edition 65 kicks off the New Year. Tonight, Bear and Coop have completed their Top Cigars of the Year lists, and tonight the two will analyze each other’s lists and provide some commentary. Plus we will look at Tobacco 21 and look at how this happened, the impacts of this happening, and the […]
Cigar News: PCA Recommends Immediate Compliance of Tobacco 21 Following FDA Announcement
Today the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) advised its retail members to will immediately stop selling to anyone under the age of 21 following an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the Federal Government raising the tobacco purchase age to 21. The FDA issued the following statement on its website: The legislation […]
Cigar News: President Trump Signs Legislation Making Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco Products to 21
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a massive 1.4 trillion dollar spending bill that includes language that will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in the United States to 21. This essentially ends the Tobacco 21 movement to raise the minimum wage and gives anti-tobacco a huge victory. The law […]
Cigar News: National Minimum Tobacco Age of 21 Now One Signature Away from President Trump
Today the U.S. Senate has approved a massive 1.4 Trillion spending bill that includes language to raise the minimum age to 21 for the purchase of tobacco products. The vote passed 71-24 in the Senate. Since the bill was previously approved by the House of Representatives, it now goes to US President Donald Trump where […]
Cigar News: Provision to Raise the Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco Products to 21 Included in House Spending Bill
The Tobacco 21 movement appears to be heading to a close and it doesn’t bode well for those 18 to 21 in the United States. Earlier this year, several bills were introduced in Congress to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21. One such bill was S.1258 introduced by Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). […]
Cigar News: Pennsylvania Becomes the 19th State to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed a budget bill into law that includes a provision to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21. This makes Pennsylvania the 19th State in the U.S. to raise its tobacco purchase age to 21. Pennsylvania now will become one of 38% of the U.S. States with a tobacco purchase […]
Cigar News: Ohio Becomes the 18th State to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has a signed a budget bill into law that includes a provision to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21. This makes Ohio the 18th State in the U.S. to raise its tobacco purchase age to 21. Ohio now will become one of 36% (over 1/3) of the U.S. States with […]
