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 …
The cigar industry has filed a motion asking a Washington D.C. court to stop the enforcement of the new FDA warning labels, or at the very least, delay their effective date.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is extending the public commenting period pertaining to the regulation of the premium cigar industry by 30 days.
Congressman Bill Posey and 32 other members of the House of Representatives want the FDA to extend its open comment period and delay the August 10 labeling deadline for cigar packaging and …
The J.C. Newman Cigar Company is distributing comment cards requesting the FDA exempt premium cigars from stringent regulation.
The Texas premium cigar industry will get the chance to argue against the FDA’s Final Deeming Rule in court next month after a judge set a court date while also denying the agency’s attempt …
Canada’s Parliament passed Bill S-5 on May 16, which gives the Health Canada organization regulatory authority to implement plain and standardized packaging on tobacco and vaping products, …
Sen. Joni Ernst, (R-IA), became the 21st U.S. Senator to co-sponsor S. 294, also known as the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to include language in the Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Bill that, if passed in its current form, would exempt premium cigars …
Judge Amit P. Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the FDA's Deeming Rule health warning requirements on cigar boxes and advertisements, …
In an effort to halt the FDA’s regulation of the premium cigar industry, the J.C. Newman Cigar Company of Tampa, Florida, is relaunching its Save Cigar City campaign.
The Illinois state senate passed a bill last week that would raise the minimum purchase age for tobacco products, including premium cigars, from 18 to 21 years old.
The premium cigar industry group in Texas that filed a lawsuit earlier this year challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Final Deeming Rule has now filed a legal motion seeking …
The cigar industry has asked a judge in Washington D.C. to eliminate the FDA’s costly user fees and warning label requirements.
Language that would have raised taxes on cigars in New York State, and caused prices to soar, was removed from the final version of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2019 Executive Budget.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it is reconsidering its premium cigar regulations, and today the commenting period for the public to voice their opinions on …
