Science, Proportion, and the Lesson of Premium Cigars
The long fight over FDA’s push to regulate premium cigars shows what happens when science gets ignored and politics take over. For years, CRA has pointed to government-backed research proving…
CRA Submits Formal Deregulatory Proposals to HHS to Protect Premium Cigars
On July 14, Cigar Rights of America submitted formal comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to a Request for Information (RFI) entitled “Ensuring Lawful…
Washington, DC: The European market is becoming increasingly critical for the premium cigar industry, but it has now also become ground zero for the most aggressive expansions in tobacco control.…
Generational Tobacco Bans Considered in Four Massachusetts Towns: CRA Responds with Opposition
Massachusetts: Recently, four towns in Massachusetts—Peabody, Lexington, Northampton, and Medford—have explored implementing generational tobacco bans, which would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to individuals born after a certain year,…
Lawmakers Push to Exempt Premium Cigars from FDA Oversight
Washington, DC: Congressmen Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) have officially co-sponsored HJ Res. 99, a resolution aimed at permanently exempting premium cigars from U.S. Food & Drug Administration…
Washington, DC: Dr. Brian King, Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), testified before the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee on…
Considering FDA’s Authority on Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarettes: A First Amendment Challenge
Washington, DC: In August, a group of tobacco companies filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), seeking a review of a U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Mehta Decision: A Monumental Victory for Premium Cigars
Washington, DC: On August 9, 2023, the premium cigar industry experienced a groundbreaking victory when U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta vacated all U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations…
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