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FDA Finalizes Substantial Equivalence, Avoids Premium Cigars for Time Being

January 20, 2021

As noted by the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of America (CRA), the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) last night released their Final Substantial Equivalence rules, directed at a wide vari... Read More...

Judge Gives Cigar Industry Temporary Reprieve

Eric Guttormson

August 19, 2020

Press Releases

The cigar industry received a temporary reprieve in one of the most difficult hurdles to overcome in the FDA's regulations for premium cigars: standard equivalence. Starting September 9th of this year, cigar co... Read More...

Drew Newman’s U.S. Small Business Administration Testimony

Eric Guttormson

September 12, 2019

News, Press Releases

Today at the U.S. Small Business Administration hearing in Washington D.C. Drew Newman of J.C. Newman gave testimony asking that the FDA reconsider regulating premium cigars. You can read his entire testimony b... Read More...

Cigar Smoker's Rights Hub by Famous Smoke Shop

Famous Smoke Shop Launches Cigar Smoker’s Rights Hub

Jordan Guttormson

April 18, 2017

Press Releases

Online retailer Famous Smoke Shop has launched a new portal entirely dedicated to restrictive government overreach on premium cigars. The new site—Cigar Smoker's Rights Hub—compiles all things related to the FD... Read More...

Premium Cigar Exemption Bill Re-Introduced

Jordan Guttormson

February 3, 2017

Press Releases

This week, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) re-introduced the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017 (S. 294). Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) serves as the lead Republican sponso... Read More...

What Can You Do to Help Save Premium Cigars?

Eric Guttormson

May 17, 2016

Featured, Blog

Well it happened. The unthinkable. The Food and Drug Administration did NOT exclude premium cigars in its May 5th decision to regulate all tobacco products. And with that decision, premium cigars (especially of... Read More...

Occupy the Humidor

Eric Guttormson

April 13, 2012

Blog

Obama get your hands off my stogie! Cigar smokers unite! Help us stop government from destroying the cigar industry with regulations and making walk-in humidors illegal. Remember... when they outlaw walk-in hu... Read More...

Tagged FDA

FDA Finalizes Substantial Equivalence, Avoids Premium Cigars for Time Being

Judge Gives Cigar Industry Temporary Reprieve

Drew Newman’s U.S. Small Business Administration Testimony

Famous Smoke Shop Launches Cigar Smoker’s Rights Hub

Premium Cigar Exemption Bill Re-Introduced

What Can You Do to Help Save Premium Cigars?

Occupy the Humidor