More class warfare for cigar world

(CSD) ... “There is a movement afoot by the Premium Cigar Association, people who make hand-rolled cigars as opposed to machine-made, trying to get an exemption for themselves from FDA law,” Beckwith explained. “I think all cigars are exempted to a certain extent, but they are trying to push for the machine-made cigars to be regulated by the FDA and exclude themselves. It’s sort of a pre-emptive strike on their part. That’s an intra-family battle on the horizon that is starting to pick up a little steam. It’s interesting: the cigar world is fighting amongst itself.” Continued