Cigar Aficionado

Reps. Andy Biggs, Warren Davidson and Debbie Lasko are now co-sponsors of a bill that seeks to exempt traditional and handmade cigars from FDA regulations.

The Premium Cigar Retailers of Canada, an organization that represents about 180 cigar stores, is fighting back against Health Canada’s proposed plain tobacco packaging law with a campaign …

The Tampa Bay Times printed an editorial encouraging the Trump administration to exempt premium cigars from FDA regulation.

A new bill introduced in the Senate last week, aimed primarily at restricting flavored e-cigarettes, would also ban the sale of flavored cigars.

In a letter addressed to FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, 13 members of Congress expressed concern over the agency’s decision to regulate handmade cigars, as they do not believe it is …

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill raising the state's tobacco-purchase age from 18 to 21 years old.

The Texas premium, handmade cigar industry’s lawsuit against the FDA will likely be tried in a Washington D.C. courtroom after a judge denied the industry’s attempt to transfer the lawsuit …

The FDA has agreed to stay additional package and labeling laws that were set to go into effect next month until after the appeal process in the ongoing cigar industry lawsuit has been …

Senator Marco Rubio argued against FDA regulation and what he called “the epitome of government overreach.”

Two leading organizations representing the U.S. premium cigar industry filed a massive document last night with Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The deadline to submit a comment to the FDA regarding its proposed regulations of the premium cigar industry is tomorrow, July 25 at 11:59 P.M. EDT.

Manufacturers selling cigars in California will still be required to include warning labels on their products, even after a Washington D.C. judge delayed the FDA’s federal warning label …

Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson sent a letter to the FDA asking the agency spare the premium cigar industry from harmful regulation.

The cigar industry received a huge victory today as a Washington D.C. judge issued an injunction postponing the looming effective date for the FDA’s onerous warning label scheme for cigar …

In a shocking about-face, the judge overseeing the Texas cigar industry’s lawsuit against the FDA has reversed her own decision, opting instead to transfer the case to Washington D.C.

A group of U.S. Senators have sent a bipartisan letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb requesting that the government agency in charge of regulating tobacco exempt premium cigars, …

The Texas cigar industry went to federal court to explain why premium cigars are distinct from other tobacco products.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided today to grant states the authority to require online retailers to collect sales tax, overturning two decades of precedent and giving brick-and-mortar cigar …