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On October 8th, U.S. District Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani denied the premium cigar industry’s emergency request for a temporary restraining order to postpone California’s Unflavored Tobacco List (UTL) filing deadline. Read more

Yesterday, a formal complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in response to the new Unflavored Tobacco List in California. Read more

Earlier this week, the Cigar Rights of America sent a letter to the Attorney General of California regarding the Department of Justice’s recently adopted emergency regulations implementing the Unflavored Tobacco List. Read more

Sometimes, you have to hold your trade organization responsible of their mistakes to prevent them from getting worse. Read more

Yesterday, President Donald Trump put into effect reciprocal tariffs with over sixty countries worldwide. What does this mean for cigars? Read more

Today Dr. Martin Makary took the oath of office and was officially sworn into office. At the same time, CTP head Dr. Brian King was placed on administrative leave. Read more

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its decision in CAA et al. v. FDA. Read more

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it plans to withdraw its proposed Tobacco Product Standard for Characterizing Flavors in Cigars rule. Read more

Last week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published its proposed rule to establish a maximum nicotine level for cigarettes and certain other combustible tobacco products. Read more

Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on the prohibition of sale of tobacco products to persons younger than 21 years of age. Read more

Today, Cigar Rights of America (CRA) met with Dr. Brian King, Director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), to discuss key issues concerning the premium cigar industry, including CTP’s five-year strategic plan and pending proposed regulation to limit nicotine in tobacco products. Read more

On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed its appealing Judge Amit Mehta’s orders holding the FDA’s decision to regulate premium cigars arbitrary and capricious and vacating it. Read more

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released the results of its annual survey on youth tobacco use, which found that underage use is falling to historic lows.  Read more

The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) testified before the White House Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as part of the Administration's review of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) draft Final Rule "Tobacco Product Standard for Characterizing Flavors in Cigars." Read more

Today, the FDA filed a number of documents in their appeal of Judge Mehta’s decision, including a Statement of Issues to be Raised. Read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a significant step in addressing the issue of flavored cigars and menthol in cigarettes by sending their proposed rules to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.  Read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration filed a notice of appeal of Judge Amit P. Mehta’s decision to vacate the deeming rule in the case of Cigar Association of America... Read more

Today, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to exempt premium cigars from tobacco regulations that the Agency put in place in 2016.... Read more

The Premium Cigar Association has filed a formal request for a meeting with the Ombudsman of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Tobacco Products to discuss PCA’s... Read more

While the premium cigar industry was conducting business during the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) convention and trade show held just over a week ago in Las Vegas, a few Nevada... Read more