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FDA Finalizes Rules For Premarket Review—Premium Sector Still Exempt
The FDA attempts to clarify the application process for new tobacco products.
Court Strikes Down Key Premarket Review Process for Premium Cigars
Premium cigar manufacturers no longer have to worry about the upcoming September 9 deadline for some FDA premarket applications as a judge handed them victory in court today, …
FDA Asks Court to Consider Premium Cigar Deferral Proposal
As the September 9 deadline for cigar manufacturers to submit their premarket applications to the FDA nears, the agency in charge of overseeing all tobacco products has asked a …
Pennsylvania Reps Prod President to Eliminate Premium Cigar Regulations
Half of Pennsylvania’s 18 representatives earlier this week signed and sent a letter to President Trump that urges his administration to roll back the “onerous, job-killing …
Court Strikes Down FDA’s Cigar Warning Label Plan
A trio of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C. Circuit ruled unanimously this morning to keep FDA warning labels off of cigars. The court said the FDA …
Florida Representatives Urge President to Drop Cigar Industry Regulations
In response to the economic downturn, a dozen representatives from Florida have signed and sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging his administration to eliminate “onerous, …
Court Ruling Ends Chances of 2021 Deadline for FDA Product Reports
The FDA’s pre-market application deadline for cigars will remain September 9 after a trio of judges yesterday rejected the cigar industry’s appeal to extend the deadline for …
Judge Extends Deadline for FDA Product Approval Reports
Cigar manufacturers received a bit of good news last week as the FDA’s premarket application deadline for cigars and other tobacco products was officially extended by a Maryland …
New York State Raising Cigar Taxes This Fall
New York state lawmakers passed a $177 billion budget for 2021 that includes a tax rate of 75 percent of a cigar’s wholesale price—one of the highest cigar tax rates in the United …