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Chapter 1 Annex: Premium Cigar Definitions
Chapter 1 Annex: Premium Cigar Definitions
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Table 1A-1 shows existing definitions sorted by source. Table 1A-2 shows the same definitions sorted by the categories of defining characteristics as listed in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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sheds or barns for air-curing Do not contain reconstituted tobacco as binder, wrapper, or both Can measure more than 7 inches in length Typically contain between 5 and 20 g of tobacco NCI website24 (NCI, 3 Some contain the tobacco equivalent of an entire pack of 2010) cigarettes Can take between 1 and 2 hours to smoke Consist of more expensive tobacco varieties and compo nents, such as whole tobacco leaf wrapper and binder 4 Corey et al., 2018 May be assembled by hand Usual price25 paid per stick of greater than or equal to $2 Does not have a filter or tip 5 Corey et al., 2014 Described by the manufacturer or merchant as containing high-grade tobaccos in the filler, binder, or wrapper continued 23 Also for "many regular cigars." 24 Unclear distinction between large and premium cigars.
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Is wrapped in 100% leaf tobacco Is bunched with 100% tobacco filler Does not contain a filter, tip, or nontobacco mouthpiece SB18-126: Traditional Weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 units and Large Premium Cigars Tax Defini- Has a 100% leaf tobacco binder and is hand rolled; has a 7 100% leaf tobacco binder made using human hands to lay tion27 (Colorado General Assembly, the tobacco leaf wrapper or binder onto only one machine 2018) that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; or has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder and is made in the United States using human hands to lay 100% leaf tobacco wrapper onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar Are made entirely by hand of all natural tobacco leaf New Hampshire De- Are hand constructed and hand wrapped 8 partment of Revenue Administration, 2020 Weigh more than 3 pounds per 1,000 cigars Are kept in a humidor Made entirely by hand with long leaf tobaccos, although Cigar Advisor (Korb, 9 some mixed filler (long and short leaf)
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handmade cigars would qualify Is bunched with 100% tobacco filler 730 Leaves are primed and hung indi vidually on strings in sheds or barns 231 Fermentation type for air-curing Are harvested, cured, and fermented 10 the same way as nonpremium cigars Wrapped in whole tobacco leaf 1 Contains a 100% leaf tobacco binder 1 Do not contain reconstituted tobacco 2 as binder, wrapper, or both Consist of more expensive tobacco varieties and components, such as Wrapper and binder composition 4 whole tobacco leaf wrapper and (e.g., whole leaf, reconstituted or binder homogenized tobacco leaf) Described by the manufacturer or merchant as containing high-grade 5 tobaccos in the filler, binder, or wrap per Is wrapped in 100% leaf tobacco 732 Only use tobacco 10 continued 28 See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/03/26/2018-06047/regulation of-premium-cigars.
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54 PREMIUM CIGARS: PATTERNS OF USE, MARKETING, AND HEALTH EFFECTS TABLE 1A-2 Continued FDA ANPRM category of defining Part of definition relevant to category # characteristic28 of defining characteristic Where the tobacco used for pre mium cigar filler or wrappers is grown, and whether differences in growing practices for that tobacco, as compared to tobacco used in other cigars, result in different health impacts Has no filter, nontobacco tip, or non 1 tobacco mouthpiece Presence or absence of a filter Does not have a filter or tip 4 Does not contain a filter, tip, or non 733 tobacco mouthpiece Has no filter, nontobacco tip, or non 1 Presence or absence of a mouth- tobacco mouthpiece piece Does not contain a filter, tip, or non 7 tobacco mouthpiece 33 "Traditional large and premium cigar."
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onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar Are made entirely by hand of all 8 natural tobacco leaf Are hand constructed and hand 8 wrapped Made entirely by hand with long leaf tobaccos, although some mixed 9 filler (long and short leaf) handmade cigars would qualify Made entirely by hand 10 Rate of production (e.g., "produced at no more than [insert number]
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Packaging quantity and size Any action directed to consumers, by a retailer or manufacturer, such as through labeling, advertising, or Carry bands with an imprint of their marketing, which would reasonably brand name and/or manufacturer's 2 be expected to result in consumers name or logo believing that the tobacco product is a premium cigar Weighs more than 6 pounds per 1,000 1 units Weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 Weight39 740 cigars Weigh more than 3 pounds per 1,000 8 cigars 35 Unclear distinction between large and premium cigars. 36 Unclear distinction between large and premium cigars.
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A proposed rule by the Food and Drug Administration on 03/26/2018. https://www.federalregister.gov/ documents/2018/03/26/2018-06047/regulation-of-premium-cigars (accessed March 30, 2021)
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