Manufacturers will have until May 10, 2017.<\/p>\n
The warning statements are :<\/p>\n
Until recently, cigars have been treated different from most tobacco products in terms of federal regulations, in large part by mandate from Congress. <\/span><\/p>\n Analysts say a Republican-controlled Congress and White House are more likely to remove restrictions from the tobacco industry than add to them. <\/span><\/p>\n For example, members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee have told the FDA that \u201cpremium cigars have unique characteristics and cost-prohibitive price points and are not marketed to kids. Any effort to regulate cigars should take these items into consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n To be continued….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Food and Drug Administration said last week\u00a0it is moving forward on requiring warning labels on cigars. Six warning statements will be required of cigar manufacturers \u00a0beginning on May 10, 2018. Manufacturers will have until May 10, 2017. The warning statements are : _This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical \uf0b7 _Cigar smoking can cause cancers of the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-en","category-the-world-of-cigars-en","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n