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...
by PCA | Apr 28, 2022 | Regulations, Resources
Why did this happen? Despite a general decrease in tobacco consumption over the past ten years, the FDA has identified flavored cigars as a tobacco product category increasingly favored by under-age smokers at a rate near that of cigarettes. FDA believes eliminating...
by PCA | Apr 7, 2022 | Regulations
The words “government” and “common sense” are not often used in the same sentence and being the target of legislation and regulation as an industry isn’t an ideal situation. The current state of affairs should cause all of us to pause for a moment to...
by PCA | Feb 1, 2022 | Advocacy, Regulations
Our industry’s greatest argument against overregulation is that we do not fall into the scope of concerns levied against most tobacco or vapor products. Even the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledges premium cigars and pipes have a negligible impact on...
by PCA | Jan 27, 2022 | Advocacy, Federal News, Regulations, Resources
The Basics Hearings are a tool used by the state and federal legislatures to engage with the public, specifically with those members of the public who are distinctly affected by the proposed legislation or policies for which the hearings are being conducted. Hearing...
by PCA | Jan 14, 2022 | Federal News, Regulations
The prohibitionist movement in different industries has taken many forms throughout the last 100 years. In 1922, the United States outlawed alcohol for consumption by the general public. 100 years later there is a new goal for the prohibitionist movement focused on...
