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Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2026

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.

Introduced Feb 25, 2026

Latest action (Feb 25, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Referred to
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare

Summary

This bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude traditional large and premium cigars from most FDA regulatory authority. The bill defines qualifying cigars as those wrapped entirely in leaf tobacco, made with all-tobacco filling and no filters, weighing at least 6 pounds per 1,000 count, and manufactured either through hand-rolling or using human hands to lay the wrapper onto a single machine. The exemption would not apply to cigarettes or little cigars, and certain FDA requirements under Section 907(d)(3) would still apply. The bill also removes traditional large and premium cigars from certain FDA user fee and reporting requirements.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 25, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
  2. Feb 25, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 25, 2026

Mrs. Moody (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO PREMIUM CIGARS.

(a) Exception for Traditional Large and Premium Cigars.—Section 901(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(c)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by inserting “for certain tobacco leaf” after “authority”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(3) Limitation of authority for certain cigars.—

“(A) In general.—The provisions of this chapter (except for section 907(d)(3)) shall not apply to traditional large and premium cigars.

“(B) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant the Secretary authority to promulgate regulations on any matter that involves traditional large and premium cigars.

“(C) Traditional large and premium cigar defined.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘traditional large and premium cigar’—

“(i) means any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in 100-percent leaf tobacco, bunched with 100-percent tobacco filler, contains no filter, tip, or non-tobacco mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 count, and—

“(I) has a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder and is hand rolled;

“(II) has a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder and is made using human hands to lay the leaf tobacco wrapper or binder onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; or

“(III) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder and is made in the United States using human hands to lay the 100-percent leaf tobacco wrapper onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; and

“(ii) does not include a cigarette (as such term is defined by section 900(3)) or a little cigar (as such term is defined by section 900(11)).”.

(b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 919(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387s(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by inserting “, but excluding traditional large and premium cigars (as such term is defined under section 901(c)(3))” before the period; and

(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting “subject to section 901(c)(3),” before “if a user fee”. <all>

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