by PCA | Sep 11, 2023 | Regulations
As we await the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) Characterizing Flavor Standard for Cigars, the emergence of new FDA-funded research challenges the agency’s justification for the regulation and prevailing assumptions asserted by anti-tobacco interest groups. ...
by PCA | Aug 28, 2023 | Advocacy, Regulations
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently published a study titled “Premium Cigar Festivals: A Potential Target for Marketing Restrictions” by Jenny E Ozga, Ph.D., Sabrina L. Smiley, Ph.D, Joy L. Hart, Ph.D., Lucy Popova, Ph.D., and Cassandra A Stanton, Ph.D....
by PCA | Aug 22, 2023 | Advocacy, Press Releases, Regulations
[August 22, 2023 – Washington, DC] The Premium Cigar Association (PCA), represented by Deputy Executive Director/Head of Government Affairs Joshua Habursky, presented to the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on their...
by PCA | Aug 18, 2023 | Advocacy, Federal News, Regulations, State News
Last week we have achieved something that many thought we never could: VICTORY over the deeming rule and the FDA’s overreaching efforts to stifle our industry, livelihoods, and our passion! Whether you are a retail member, a manufacturer that exhibited at our trade...
by PCA | Aug 9, 2023 | Regulations
Would you buy a package of bacon next to a picture of a man in the throes of heart failure? How about a box of cake mix with a close-up of a diabetic amputee? What if there were fatty livers on the refrigerators of the beer aisle? Would a lifesize cut out of a...
by PCA | Aug 9, 2023 | Federal News, Regulations, State News
“The FDA’s Final Deeming Rule is vacated insofar as it applies to premium cigars.” But what does that mean? The given court ruling has implications related to a legal case involving Plaintiffs and the Final Deeming Rule, specifically in the context of premium cigars....
