2019 PCA Magazine

10 PCA The Magazine | JULY-AUGUST 2019 PREMIUMCIGARS.ORG Mark Your Calendars: New Dates for 2020 Trade Show PCA’s 88th Annual Convention and International Trade Show will take place Friday, July 10 – Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Education sessions and opening party will take place Friday, July 10, 2020. This date change moves the trade show back to the second week of July, as it has historically been held for the past several years. — “We are very happy we’ve been able to negotiate new dates with the Sands,” says Scott Pearce, PCA executive director. “While it was necessary for us to hold the event earlier this year in order to get the show back to the Sands, we heard loud and clear that the timing was not the best for our attendees. We are fortunate we have News + Notes such a great partner in the Sands to allow us to make this change.” — Schedule overview for the 2020 show: • July 7-10 Move In • July 10 Education and Opening Party • July 11-14 Trade Show • July 14-15 Move Out (breakdown begins immediately following conclusion of the show on July 14) In case you missed it: FDA Announces New Policies on Flavored Cigars In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the advancement of several new and sweeping policies related to flavored vapor products, flavored cigars and combusted menthol tobacco products, including cigarettes. Here’s what the FDA had to say about flavored cigars: • Prohibit the sale of flavored cigars through the requirement of pre-market approval for any flavored cigar on the market as of Aug. 8, 2016. This policy would prohibit sales in any location. — • Grandfathered products (on the market before 02/15/2007) are exempt from this requirement. — • FDA will eventually move to issue regulations that would completely ban flavors in cigars, including grandfathered products not subject to the contemplated change in enforcement discretion policy, though that regulatory process will take several years. — • It is not clear how the FDA will define “flavored cigars” or “flavors.” What does this mean for PCA retailers? Importantly, the FDA has not indicated when it will provide further details on intended enforcement or when it intends to begin enforcing these policies. Obviously, these details will be important for understanding retailers’ obligations, and we will update you as soon as the FDA provides them. — • Once enforcement begins, those retailers that sell flavored vapor products would need to have and enforce an age- restriction policy for their store, or have a sectioned- off age restricted part of the store in order to continuing selling those products. Under the policy described, it remains unclear whether the FDA will allow products subject to it (i.e., flavored cigars and most flavored vapor products) to remain on the market during the FDA’s review of pre-market applications. — • All PCA retail members should have strict age and ID verification policies in place already. PCA has provided a sample policy for retailers and their employees at ipcprlegislative.org . Additionally, any retailer conducting online sales of any regulated tobacco product should ensure

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