- Crowned Heads Announces Las Calaveras
- Janny Garcia Teases La Antiguedad — Trademark is owned by J.G.G. Tobacco Holding Company, Inc., which lists Jaime García as president.
- Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan to Return — Not Without Controversy
- Sosa Pirámide #50 Announced
- Cuaba Bariay Arrives in Stores
- Viaje Skull and Bones WMD 2014 Coming
- 262 Seasonal Release Emerges
- Tatuaje Tattoo to Return — “May/June” acceding to Pete Johnson. Pricing is rumored to be quite low. This is not the first time a second size of Tattoo has been seen.
- Drew Estate & Royal Gold Announce Nirvana — Review Here
- Tatuaje Tiffany Emerges — According to Johnson, this will not be this year’s Monsters Series release.
- Caldwell, Sears & Bellatto Announce Impromptu — Review Here
- José Seijas Returns With Matilde — Review Here
- Lour Rodriguez Teases Double Nickel
- Something New From Nat Sherman
https://twitter.com/Nat42nd/status/431848067248050176
- Ventura Announces PSyKo SEVEN Corona Coming
- Rafael Gonzáles Petit Pirámides Arrives
- 262 Paradigm Corona Coming
- Lou Rodriguez “One Night Stand” — Via Cigar-Coop. It’s an event-only cigar that should debut at a Texas store.
- Cuba Developing New Tobacco Strands — Here.
- Oliva & Rocky Patel Expand Into C-Stores
- Oettinger Davidoff AG Expands European Team
- Nat Sherman Launches App
As the new year begins, price increases will be a common announcement from companies. For the next few weeks, we will report on these items and devote a special part of the Weekly News to these announcements. The most recent announcements will be in bold.
- 262 Cigars — No increase planned.
- A.J. Fernandez Cigars — Here.
- Altadis U.S.A. — Here.
- Boutique Blends — No increase planned.
- E.P. Carrillo — No increase planned.
- Ezra Zion — No increase planned.
- Fabricas Unidas — Here.
- General Cigar Co. — Here.
- Gran Habano — Here.
- Gurkha — No increase planned.
- Iconic Leaf — No increase planned.
- Illusione — No increase planned.
- Kristoff — No increase planned.
- L’Atelier Imports — No increase planned.
- La Flor Dominicana — No increase planned.
- Leccia Tobacco — No increase planned.
- Miami Cigar & Co. — No increase planned.
- My Father Cigars — No increase planned.
- Nomad — No increase planned.
- Oliva — Here.
- Paul Stulac — Price decrease coming.
- Perdomo — Here.
- Quesada Cigars — Here.
- Rocky Patel — No increase planned.
- RoMa Craft Tobac — Here.
- Royal Gold Cigars — No increase planned.
- Tatuaje/Havana Cellars — No increase planned.
- Toraño Family Cigar — No increase planned.
- Villiger Cigars North America — No increase planned.
Legislation
- Alabama Smoking Ban Proposed
- Hawaii Flat Tax Proposed
- Kentucky Cigar Tax Proposed
- Kentucky Smoking Ban Passes First Committee
- Maryland Cigar Tax Proposed
- Mississippi Indoor Smoking Ban Bill Dies — More Details Here
- Mississippi Tobacco Tax Increase Proposed
- Missouri Smoking Ban Proposed
- New Jersey Cigar Tax Increase Proposed
- Oregon Parks Ban Approved
- Arcata, Calif. Consider Expanding Smoking Ban
- Benton, Or. Considers Banning Smoking At Tobacconists
- Manhattan Beach, Calif. Public Ban Coming
Colleges & Universities
- East Tennessee State University — Smoking Ban Expanding
- University of Hawaii — Ban Delayed
- Montana State University Northern — Smoking Ban Vote Coming
- Thomas Moore College — Ban Coming in June
Deals From Our Sponsors
- Atlantic Cigar — Murcielago Robusto Round (Box of 20, $69.00)
- Superior Cigars — 601 La Bomba Atom (Box of 10, $47.89)