Are cigars endangered?

Monday, July 25 2011

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By Tom Purcell | Pittsburgh Tribune Live

Are cigars next on the federal government's hit list?

You see, as part of the 2010 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the authority "to regulate marketing and promotion of tobacco products and to set performance standards for tobacco products to protect the public health."

Though the law does not automatically apply to cigars, the FDA can issue new regulations that make cigars subject to the law.

Boy, does that have premium cigar advocates worried.