by PCA | Aug 16, 2022 | Advocacy, Regulations, State News
In August of 2020 the State of California passed SB 793, prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products and the Governor proceeded to sign it into law on August 28, 2020. Three days later this law was challenged using the state’s veto referendum mechanism...
by PCA | Jun 17, 2022 | Advocacy, Press Releases, Regulations
[Friday, June 17, 2022] Today the Premium Cigar Association submitted a comment to the European Commission in reference to its “Framework for Tobacco Control” related to the 2040 Tobacco Free agenda. This agenda would ultimately lead to the ban of sale and...
by PCA | Jun 1, 2022 | Advocacy, Press Releases
The Premium Cigar Association is unveiling a new microsite https://fightflavorbans.com/ to afford retailers the opportunity to weigh in on the FDA’s recent action on flavored cigars. The Food & Drug Administration is proposing the Tobacco Product...
by PCA | May 26, 2022 | Advocacy, Federal News, Press Releases, Regulations
Following oral arguments conducted on May 23rd, 2022 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Cigar Association of America et al. v. FDA, PCA prepared the following notes to outline topics covered by the cigar industry...
by PCA | May 23, 2022 | Advocacy, Press Releases, Regulations
(Washington, DC) Today, representatives from PCA, including President Greg Zimmerman, attended oral arguments in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia presented before Judge Amit P. Mehta in the case of Cigar Association of America et al. v....
by PCA | Apr 28, 2022 | Advocacy, Federal News, Regulations
Today, the Food & Drug Administration and the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) announced their “Tobacco Product Standard for Characterizing Flavors in Cigars” proposed rule, which would prohibit characterizing flavoring in all cigars. On March 10th the...
