To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2111 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2111 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2025 Mr. Donalds (for himself, Mr. Langworthy, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Premium cigars comprise only 1 percent of all cigars sold in the United States. (2) Most manufacturers of premium cigars are family-owned small businesses. (3) Premium cigars are typically sold in age-controlled retail establishments, such as tobacco specialty shops or cigar bars. (4) At the request of the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (in this section referred to as the ``NASEM'') convened an expert committee to examine 4 premium cigar topics: product characteristics, patterns of use, marketing and perceptions, and health effects. (5) The NASEM expert committee produced a resulting report, published in 2022 and titled ``Premium Cigars: Patterns of Use, Marketing, and Health Effects'', which among other things, identified numerous facts regarding premium cigar use. (6) The NASEM expert committee found that premium cigars are only used by about 1 percent of the United States adult population. (7) The NASEM expert committee found that premium cigar use is less common am