Tag: FDA
FDA Announces Proposed Flavored Cigar Product Standards Rule
The Food & Drug Administration last week announced its proposed rule that would, if affirmed, ban flavoring in cigars across the board. The move is …
Waiting To Exhale
Premiums on Trial as Feds Weigh Fate Pedro Gomez returned to his native Nicaragua in 2006 from the U.S. armed with a pedigree in international …
A Fortuitous FDA Mass Email Leads to a Distribution Deal
Carolina Blue Cigars has reached a distribution deal with Illusione Cigars, which will use its U.S. retailer base of 800 stores to give a higher …
Crashing the Party
Crashing the Party FDA, Regulations loom as cigars boom Frisco, Texas – After four years in business, it’s time for Industrial Cigar Co. to expand. …
FDA Directs Committee to Assess Health Effects of Premium Cigars
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, a collective of scientists and scholars, to provide …
FDA in Holding Pattern on Cigar Regulation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will weigh the rules applying to regulation of premium cigars, the agency said in a press release, as it …
Cigar Association of America’s Chairman Estades Steps Down
Cigar Association of America Chairman Javier Estades has stepped down after leading the group for five years. The announcement came last week during the CAA’s …
Premium Cigars Receive Historic Relief from FDA Regulations
Premium Cigars A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must review its procedures on how to regulate premium cigars, …
CRA PCA Election 2020
CRA PCA Election 2020 By : Joshua Habursky, Director of Federal Affairs, Premium Cigar Association J. Glynn Loope, Executive Director, Cigar Rights of America Every election …
Cigar Groups Score Legal Victory in Challenge of FDA Warning Label Mandate
Cigar Groups Score Legal The U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed to follow legal dictates when it ruled the cigar industry must provide the same …