Cigar Aficionado

Florida Congressman Bill Posey sent a letter last week to Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services, urging the department head to “take swift action” and alleviate uncertainty …

A new study says FDA regulations threaten to put almost all U.S. handmade cigar manufacturers and importers out of business

The Cigar Rights of America has launched a petition that urges Congress to support a premium cigar exemption in its annual spending bill.

Cigaraction.org is a new grassroots advocacy site from the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers association.

The FDA has released its calculations for user fees that will be collected from cigar companies in fiscal year 2019, and the grand total has increased to $80 million, up from $68 million …

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.