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New Certain Tobacco Age-of-Sale Requirements Go Into Effect
September 30, 2024, marks the beginning of new certain tobacco age-of-sale requirements. As of this date, retailers...
FDA Issues Final Rule for Tobacco 21
At long last, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has released its Final Rule...
PCA Objects to New Zealand’s Smokefree Environments Bill
[Mon, August 22, 2022 — Washington, DC] Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) submitted evidence to be...
Court Blocks FDA Product Approval Requirements for Premium Cigars
In the case of Cigar Association of America, the Premium Cigar Association, and Cigar Rights of America v. United...
Rep. Meuser Hosts Cigar Policy Roundtable
Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Cigar Caucus, hosted a Cigar Policy Roundtable to...
US Court of Appeals Unanimously Strikes Down Warning Labels
Washington, DC, July 7, 2020 —The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of...
Supreme Court Decision Checks Potential FDA Overreach
The recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Chevron deference has sent shockwaves through the regulatory world, with...
Generational Bans: A Prohibition That’s Bigger Than Tobacco
First, it was New Zealand, saying, “Hey, let’s ban access to a perfectly legal product, in a manner that if you’re...
Continuing the Legacy of the Premium Cigar Association
For 91 years, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has consistently spearheaded the industry’s growth and well-being....
How Bad Ideas Spread: Minneapolis, Minnesota Sets A Bad Precedent
Over the course of the last week, it has taken a moment to digest yet another bad national precedent by the...
UNC Research Pushes For Less Freedom on the Golf Course
New “research” from the University of North Carolina (UNC)is proving that even one of America’s last great pastimes,...
An Organization’s Evolution
The PCA is an organization that has been one constant all of my years in this business. I have been in this...
Colorado Legislative Committee Hears Bill Calling for Relief
Last week, a member of the Colorado state senate sought tax relief for the state’s small business tobacconists and...
State Clean Indoor Air Act, Indoor Smoking Rules, and Tobacco Sales Information
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) government affairs and research team recently put together a simplified...
PCA Issues Statement on FDA Appeal of Premium Cigar Ruling
On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed its appealing Judge Amit Mehta’s orders holding...
Corporate Transparency Act: Small Business Compliance for 2024
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was part of a law passed in 2021 to assist the government in combating financial...
2024 Federal Premium Cigar Advocacy/Political Outlook
The New Year represents new challenges and opportunities for the premium cigar industry and the Premium Cigar...
2023 Premium Cigar Association Year in Review
This past year was another terrific year in which we were able to utilize the momentum of the tremendous 2022 to...
PCA Tells OMB to Remit Characterizing Flavor Rule Back to FDA
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) testified before the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of...
PCA Comments on FDA’s “Tobacco Products Manufacturing Practice” Proposed Rule
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has filed an official comment regarding the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s...
PCA Summary of HHS Inspector General’s Report on FDA Enforcement Actions Against Tobacco Retailers
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (OIG) recently conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Food...
PCA Opposes United Kingdom’s Proposed Generational Smoking Ban
Washington, D.C., 10-4-2023 — Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) went on record opposing the United...
SBA Comments on Center for Tobacco Products’s Proposed Rule
For too long, the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has been allowed to step on the toes of its regulatory peers to...
Nothing Fair about The Tobacco Tax Equity Act
In September 2023, Congress introduced the CARE For Moms Act, a piece of legislation aimed at enhancing healthcare...