CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA

Lobbying for CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Expenses

$72,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Virginia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

MICHAEL COPPERMAN

Previously held: CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Small Business Administration (SBA)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 1

HR 2111
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.

Lobbying activity 1

Tobacco

lobbying on distinctions between premium cigars and other tobacco products. H.R. 2111 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.