Yesterday, Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee, along with Congresswoman Donna Shalala (D-FL), introduced a comprehensive tobacco bill. The bill, “To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale and marketing of tobacco products, and...
The Michigan Senate Finance Committee will begin debate on the future of the cigar tax cap on Wednesday. It is vital that lawmakers hear from local retailers to gain perspective on how the looming tax hike stands to negatively impact local job providers. Click here to contact...
Texas Senate Bill 21 establishes an arbitrary new age restriction on adults to distribute, possess, purchase, and consume legal tobacco products. This legislation proposes raising the legal limit from 18 to 21 years of age, encouraging individuals to order online or make the drive to...
We are pleased to announce that Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law Senate Bill 1347. This legislation was initiated by the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) to address an issue with how the Department of Revenue was categorizing cavendish pipe tobacco....
Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 345, increasing the State's legal tobacco age beginning July 1, 2019. The legislation makes the following changes: Prohibits the sale or furnishing of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products to a person under 21 years of age. Prohibits the purchase...
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1074. This legislation prohibits selling or giving a cigar, cigarette, cigarette paper or wrapper, tobacco in any form, or a vapor product to a person under 21 years of age. This legislation will go into effect on January...
Today, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), as Chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, held a field hearing in Tampa, Florida on “Keeping Small, Premium Cigar Businesses Rolling”. The hearing’s purpose - to “look at the climate of overregulation of the premium cigar industry,...
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham singed into law House Bill 6 which includes a tax cap of $0.50 per cigar. This monumental legislation provides much needed tax relief to IPCPR members and will help retail tobacconists grow their businesses in the Land of Enchantment....
Today, Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-4) introduced his Stopping Consumption of Tobacco by Teens (SCOTT Act). The bill, co-sponsored by Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-51), would raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products to 21 nationwide and increase age verification requirements for online sale of vaping products. ...
Earlier today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a hearing for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Fiscal Year 2020 budget requests. Members of the committee had the opportunity to ask FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb,...
