烟草在线据《路透社》报道编译　　美国食品及药物监管局正考虑管理优质的雪茄，这令全国雪茄商店很愤怒。

　　美国食品及药物监管局早在2009年被授权监管所有的烟草产品，但是到目前为止它还没有制定关于雪茄的新法规。但是该机构的确声称它正在制定一个超过目前监管范围的管理烟草产品的策略。

　　卷烟和无烟烟草受到严格法规的监管，并强制征收联邦税。优质雪茄的制造商担心会对雪茄出台相似的可能影响他们产业的法规。

　　他们不是唯一反对美国食品及药物监管局在这一领域法规的人士。

　　国会已经提出将优质雪茄从美国食品及药物监管局的监管中剔除的法案。一个是由参议院提出的，另外一个是在众议院提出的。

　　它们都是由美国雪茄权利的利益集团资助的。这些法案都是由民主党和共和党参议员赞助的。

　　国会负责制定法律，但包括美国食品及药物监管局在内的许多监管机构被授权阐明并执行法律。监管机构就会制定一些规则和法规，作为强制执行的手段。

　　正如国会可以授予权利，亦可以剥夺权利，例如，将优质雪茄排除在美国食品及药物监管局监管烟草制品的权限之外。

　　《雪茄迷》报道，拥护阻止监管雪茄法规的雪茄制造商指出孩子们是不会被10美元的雪茄吸引这样的事实。优质雪茄故意吸引那些想塑造成人形象的孩子们抽烟的情况很少。这也说明了监管不那么重要。

　　这些提案将优质雪茄与那些已经被联邦管制的小的、通常加香的雪茄区别开来。美国食品及药物监管局和美国雪茄权利组织之间的会议计划在本月底召开。

US: Cigars Shops Decry FDA Oversight of Regulation

　　The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering regulating premium cigars, much to the chagrin of cigar shops across the country.

　　The FDA was given authority to regulate all tobacco back in 2009 and until now it hasn't actually made new regulations for cigars. But the organization does say that it is developing a strategy to regulate tobacco products beyond those already regulated.

　　Cigarettes and smokeless tobacco have heavy regulations and mandatory federal taxes. Makers of premium cigars are worried about what similar regulations on cigars might do to their industry.

　　They aren't the only ones who oppose FDA regulations in this area.

　　Congress is already creating bills that would exclude premium cigars from FDA regulation. One is being created in the Senate and another in the House of Representatives.

　　Both are funded by interest group Cigar Rights of America. The bills are sponsored by both Democratic and Republican senators.

　　Congress is charged with making the laws but many regulatory agencies, including the FDA, are given the power to clarify and carry out the law. Agencies then create rules and regulations as a means of enforcement.

　　Just as Congress can grant power it can also take it away by, for example, carving out an exception for premium cigars in the FDA's power to regulate tobacco products.

　　In support of blocking regulation cigar-makers point to the fact that children are unlikely to be drawn to smoke $10 cigars, reports Cigar Aficionado. The low risk of attracting children to smoke is intentional by premium cigars who want to craft an adult image. It's also evidence that regulation is not as important.

　　The proposed bills separate premium cigars from small, often flavored, cigars when it comes to federal regulation. A meeting between the FDA and Cigar Rights of America is scheduled for the end of this month.