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FDA rules may jeopardize Black & Mild cigar name

By Michael Felberbaum
Published August 11, 2014 7:41pm ET
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FDA rules may jeopardize Black & Mild cigar name
This undated product image provided by Altria shows John Middleton Co.'s Black & Mild cigars. Under a Food and Drug Administration proposal to regulate cigars and other tobacco products the same as cigarettes, cigar makers would have to remove descriptions like "light," ''mild," ''medium" or "low" from their products, raising a unique question about the fate of Black & Mild. (AP Photo/Altria) | Uncredited

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Plans to regulate cigars and other tobacco products the same as cigarettes may threaten one of the nation’s top-selling cigar brands — Black & Mild.

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