Cigar Aficionado

Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, updated Congress about the FDA's plans to regulate premium cigars.

The three main lobbying groups that represent the cigar industry have filed a joint appeal that reaffirms their challenge of the FDA’s Final Deeming Rule.

The mayor and vice mayor of Beverly Hills want to ban the sale of all tobacco products, including cigars, in the California city.

The right to open new cigar lounges could be restored in Maine and Connecticut.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco in The Empire State from 18 to 21. 

When Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) filed a bill at the beginning of the month calling for premium cigars to be exempt from FDA regulations, details on its exact language were not disclosed. Now …

Sen. Marco Rubio has reintroduced a bill to the U.S. Senate aiming to protect premium cigarmakers from the FDA.

On January 1 it became illegal for any pharmacy within New York City's five boroughs to sell tobacco products.

Michigan lawmakers passed legislation this week that places a permanent 50-cent tax cap on individual cigars, extending a provision that was set to expire in the next two years. 

Among the many issues Republicans and Democrats will be debating as they try to figure out how to divide the roughly $313 billion in available funds is a rider that blocks the FDA from …

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.