WSJ editorial calls out FDA cigar regulations

Published October 26, 2016 5:24pm ET



Our men and women in the military can face bullets and IEDs on the battlefield, but apparently smoking a cigar is too dangerous for them.

One of the stranger rules included in new Food and Drug Administration’s regulations against the cigar industry is the prohibition of donating cigars to our military men and women. The purpose of the new regulations, we’re told, is to keep cigars away from children, even though kids aren’t trying to get their hands on cigars.

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