Copy pasted from Famous Smoke's Facebook page yesterday.
Regulation has arrived…today, the FDA has posted their deeming rules regarding cigars; and it’s not without a surprise: they're considering TWO options for cigar regulation:
Option 1 would be for the FDA to regulate ALL cigars – premium, machine made, etc – as THE SAME kind of product. We don’t want that to happen.
Option 2 would make a NEW DEFINITION for “covered cigars,” under which the FDA would consider premium cigars.
What does "Option 2" mean?
Option 2 would make a NEW DEFINITION for “covered cigars,” under which the FDA would consider premium cigars – and define them as:
(1) wrapped in whole tobacco leaf;
(2) contains a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder;
(3) contains primarily long filler tobacco;
(4) made by combining manually the wrapper, filler, and binder;
(5) has no filter, tip, or non-tobacco mouthpiece and is capped by hand;
(6) has a retail price (after any discounts or coupons) of no less than $10 per cigar; [NOTE: this criterion is NOT critical to defining a premium cigar – we must let them know by commenting that this must be struck from the definition!]
(7) does not have a characterizing flavor other than tobacco; and
(8) weighs more than 6 pounds per 1000 units.
The FDA will be looking to YOU to help them answer some questions, and are open for public comment – including supporting facts and evidence - on whether or not you agree with their proposed rules. Details on that shortly...
Read more here -
http://www.famous-smoke.com/smokers-rights/index.html
Make your official comments here -
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=FDA-2014-N-0189