Comments on: Stogie News: FDA Rules on Cigars Due Soon

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By: Padronnie

Padronnie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:47:31 +0000

Mike-
Yes, but you presuppose that the FDA is reasonable and looking only to prevent children from using tobacco. Unfortunately, I think they are far more militant than that.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:03:28 +0000

Perhaps, but manpower and resources are not infinite, even for the FDA. But I also base my opinion on Canada, which I visit often. They have long had regs similar to the FDA's on a federal and provincial level.

They have just moved to ban flavored small cigars, but I can go into an Ontario tobacco shop — it's windows may be black and it may not say the word "tobacco," but still — and buy the same Rocky Patel I get in the US, albeit at about 3 times the price.

The fact no regs were proposed yet — more than a month overdue — leads me to believe Deyton. They're not looking to rush this.

Going back to Canada, they have been seeking public comment on how and whether to beef up their regs on tobacco other than cigarettes for about 6 years and still haven't proposed anything.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:35:53 +0000

Regulations are probably not coming anytime soon, and would likely target the small, flavored "little cigars" sold in convienence stores more than large cigars. Handmades are such a small market, made up mostly of over-30 males, I doubt they will attack it. It's not worth the effort, at least now.

I read this report from a trade journal a few months ago:

Dr. Lawrence Deyton, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products (CTR), said in a May speech at an annual conference of the Tobacco Merchants Association… the FDA had just begun a fact-finding effort to decide whether to add cigars to the list of tobacco products that it will closely regulate.

"We are examining the public health impact of other products" besides cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, he said, "but on no particular deadline."

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That may explain why no rules were published at this time. That keeps their options open, however.

If they were truly in the midst of rulemaking, groups like the former RTDA and CRA would be very active in getting members involved.

Although nothing is certain, I doubt the same types of restrictions would be attempted for cigars. Many of those for cigarettes are already tied up in court.

The majority of cigars, already an expensive product, are not popular with minors. Cigar advertising is miniscule.

By: CS

CS — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:16:44 +0000

The ‘little cigars’ from djarum, and other makers SUCK. they don’t taste anything like the original . They are harsh and almost unsmokable.

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Best Cigar Blog » Blog Archive » The FDA moves to regulate cigars — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:33:49 +0000

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By: CS

CS — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:17:16 +0000

Menthols, of course, also got a pass last year.