And very quickly, we are back. Every month, one subscriber of The Newsletter wins a box of cigars in what might be the easiest contest in the cigar business. Last month, we tried to find a home for a sampler of cigars and swag from Dallas-based AKA Cigars.

The winner: quarnaine@*******.com.

If you have an email address that looks like that, contact us. You have until November 12 to claim your prize. Information on how to do so is here.

If you would like to subscribe to The Newsletter, you can do so here. Expect a new version tonight.

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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.