by PCA | Jun 28, 2024 | Regulations
The recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Chevron deference has sent shockwaves through the regulatory world, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facing significant potential impacts. The decision emphasizes that courts, not agencies, will interpret...
by PCA | May 29, 2024 | Advocacy, Regulations
First, it was New Zealand, saying, “Hey, let’s ban access to a perfectly legal product, in a manner that if you’re fifty years old, yet born after January 2007, you’re still not allowed to purchase a cigar to enjoy on the golf course.” Then, a California legislator...
by PCA | May 23, 2024 | Advocacy, Regulations, Trade Show
For 91 years, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has consistently spearheaded the industry’s growth and well-being. Having joined in 2019, I was excited about the opportunity to fight for our industry and my personal passion as the association’s director of federal...
by PCA | May 6, 2024 | Advocacy, Regulations
Over the course of the last week, it has taken a moment to digest yet another bad national precedent by the forces of tobacco control. On the heels of communities in Massachusetts adopting bans on the sale of all tobacco products or imposing “generational...
by PCA | Apr 8, 2024 | Regulations
New “research” from the University of North Carolina (UNC)is proving that even one of America’s last great pastimes, golf, is not safe from the nanny-state agenda. In a research letter published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, analysts Selena Kleber, Remi Philips,...
by PCA | Mar 15, 2024 | Advocacy, Regulations
The PCA is an organization that has been one constant all of my years in this business. I have been in this industry so long that I sometimes catch myself calling it the RTDA! I have seen its name go from “RTDA” to “IPCPR” to its current “PCA.” At first, I always...
