Weekly News (Nov. 2, 2015)

Cigar News

• ACID Supercell Heading to Fogue & Bates as Exclusive
• Chogüí Primeraño Planned for Anniversary
• Crowned Heads Ships The-Mason Dixon Project-Limited Edition 2015
• Davidoff Shipping Year of the Monkey
• Davidoff Opening Up Shop-in-Shop in Frankfurt Airport — Via DFNI.
• HVC Plans Black Friday
• Illusione Ships ~33~
• L’Atelier Imports Ships Extension de la Racine ER15
• La Flor Dominicana Plans Exclusive for Corona’s Cigars and Cars Event
• Lost & Found Releases Pepper Cream Soda Butter
• MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured Hog’s Tooth Heads to Famous Smoke Shop
• Punch Supremos (ER 2015) Unofficially Debuts in Switzerland
• RoMa Craft Tobac Releases El Catador de los Petite Robustos
• Viaje Plans White Label Exclusive RF30 for R. Field Wine Co.

Legislation

• Report Says FDA Selected Option 1 for Proposed Final Rule

• Iowa Casino Smoking Ban Bill to be Reintroduced — Via KCCI.
• Cedar Springs, Mich. Considering Smoking Ban — Via MLive.
• China Grove, N.C. Considering Smoking Ban — Via The Salisbury Post.
• Iredell County, N.C. Passes County Smoking Ban — Via The Charlotte Observer.
• Multnomah County, Ore. Considering Numerous Tobacco Policy Changes
• Saskatoon, Canada Passes Smoking Ban — Via CBCNews.

Colleges & Universities

• Western Kentucky University — Tobacco-free by 2018.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.