Update: FDA has announced its rules, it will regulate premium cigars. The day has come. Later today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announced its finalized rule regarding deemed tobacco products, i.e., how the organization wishes to regulate cigars, e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco and other tobacco products. Yesterday, multiple sources directly involved with lobbying efforts informed halfwheel they believed the organization would make an announcement regarding the rules today. A reporter for Bloomberg has now indicated that announcement will be made at 10:30 a.m. EDT by Sylvia Burwell, the secretary of health and human services. FDA has finalized final tobacco rule allowing it to regulate e-cigarettes; HHS Secretary Burwell expected to announce at 10:30 a.m. — Cheryl Bolen (@cherylbolen) May 5, 2016 In 2009, Congress passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act which gave FDA authority to regulate any product derived from tobacco. In Aril 2014, FDA unveiled its preliminary plans for regulation of cigars, pipe tobacco, e-cigarettes and vapor products, hookah and shisha and tobacco gels. In it, FDA proposed two different paths of regulation for cigars. Under Option 1, cigars of all shapes and sizes would be regulated like any of the other products mentioned in the deeming regulation. ...
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