Tobacco companies have won a partial victory in the fight against U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation, as a federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a label change on a tobacco product does not mean the agency should consider it to be new.U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington D.C. ruled in favor of Altria […]
Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded its authority over tobacco products and issued new regulations that affect how a cigar company can sell its premium or machine-made cigars. As part of the new rules, cigarmakers must seek approval from the FDA in order to launch a new cigar or continue selling a […]
There’s another added cost of doing business for cigar companies, at least for those that sell tobacco products in the United States—quarterly user fees. Whether a large or small cigar company, most will have to pay the Food and Drug Administration user fees that could add up to a combined $65 million per year for […]
Many manufacturers of premium cigars are concentrating their efforts to get all new cigar products to the market before August 8. This is the deadline imposed by the Food & Drug Administration, which will begin regulating the cigar industry on the same date. Cigar producers that make the deadline will be allowed to put their […]
