Cigar Aficionado

Dr. Stephen Hahn has been tapped by Trump to lead the government agency that oversees tobacco regulation as well as policies for everything from drugs and medical devices to food and animal …

The cigar industry earlier today argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C. Circuit, one of the country’s highest courts, that the Food and Drug Administration’s warning …

Today, the Department of Justice filed an appeal on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration that asks the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to strike down a Maryland judge’s …

A judge in Washington D.C. has denied the cigar industry’s request to extend the deadline for a key product approval rule known as Substantial Equivalence.

Although the Food & Drug Administration is requiring cigar companies to put larger health warning labels on its packaging, the agency has yet to finalize the details of its own …

The cigar industry’s largest companies and the three lobbying groups have filed comments citing their disapproval of how the FDA has handled premium cigar regulation.

A judge in Maryland has moved up the deadline for cigar manufacturers to submit certain product approval applications to the Food and Drug Administration.

Sen. Marco Rubio says that the FDA has gone too far in its bid to regulate the cigar industry.

The three major cigar industry associations have filed a motion asking a Washington D.C. court to maintain the compliance deadlines that had been previously been set for handmade cigars.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is giving the public 30 more days to comment on a proposed rule that concerns how cigarmakers will bring new products to market in the future.

A judge in Maryland yesterday ruled in favor of a coalition of public health groups suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and has ordered the agency to speed up its approval process …

This week, five members of the premium, handrolled cigar industry in the Dominican Republic met with the country’s President, Danilo Medina, to discuss concerns over FDA regulations in the …

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. has filed a measure that aims to place a series of onerous restrictions on premium, handmade cigars, including banning all Internet cigar sales as well as making the …

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) yesterday filed a bill that seeks to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, including premium cigars, to 21 years old.

Today in Ybor City, Florida—once the epicenter of American handmade cigar production—Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) led a Congressional field hearing on premium cigars.

For the first time ever, Congress will hold a hearing specifically on premium cigar regulation.

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule detailing how all tobacco product manufacturers—including cigarmakers—should submit their Substantial Equivalence …

Florida Rep. Kathy Castor introduced a bill yesterday in the House of Representatives that seeks to exempt premium cigars from burdensome FDA regulations.