Cigar News
- Black Label Trading Co.’s Bishops Blend Returns for 2017
- Camacho Adds American Barrel-Aged Figurado Boxes
- El Primer Mundo Ships Nicaraguan-Made Larceny
- Four Kicks Mule Kick Returns Later This Month
- HVC Adding La Rosa 520 Encantos
- JRE Tobacco Co. Plans Aladino Maduro
- Regius Confirms Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. Fulfillment Deal
- Tatuaje Skinny Monsters Cazadores, Lanceros Shipping in May
- Veritas Cigars Names Chris Weber Chairman and CEO, Moves Several Lines to Fabrica Oveja Negra
- Viaje Announces 2017 Zombie Super Shot, Antidote Collector’s Edition
Legislation
- Montana Tobacco Tax Increase Officially Dead
- New York Cigar Tax Reduction Doesn’t Make Final Version of Budget
- Arlington, Texas Expands Smoking Ban to Bars, Exempts Bingo Parlors
- Barre, Vt. Explores Banning Smoking in Downtown Area — via TimesArgus.com
- Douglas, Ariz. Petitioned to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age — via DouglasDispatch.com
- Easley, S.C. Passes First Reading of Smoking Ban for Private Clubs — via SentinelProgress.com
- Huntington Beach, Calif. to Consider Beach Smoking Ban at This Week’s Meeting — via OrangeCountyTribune.com
- London Beer Gardens Can Keep Allowing Smoking — via Standard.co.uk
- Oakland, Calif. Legislators Seeking Ban on Flavored Tobacco and Other Sales Regulations — via EastBayExpress.com
- Onondaga County, N.Y. Unlikely to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age Due to Military Exemption Requirement — via WRVO.org
- Osage Beach, Mo. to Consider Raising Tobacco Purchase Age To 21 — via LakeExpo.com
- St. Anthony, Idaho Bans Smoking in Parks
- St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Schedules Public Hearing on Tobacco Purchase Age Increase for June 5 — via NewYorkUpstate.com
- Santa Fe, N.M. Schedules Public Hearing for Smoking Ban at Summer Concert Series — via ABQJournal.com
- Sioux Falls, S.D. to Reconsider Smoking Ban — via KSFY.com
- Turkmenistan’s President Signs on For Program to Make Country Tobacco-Free by 2025 — via ABC News
- West Covina, Calif. Struggling Withe Where to Put Smoking Areas in Parks — via SGVTribune.com
Colleges and Universities
- Colorado College Could Go Completely Tobacco Free — via CatalystNewspaper.com
- Emporia State University (Kan.) Goes Tobacco Free as of May 12 — via EmporiaGazette.com
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