Cigar Rights of America

Editor’s Note: It will be a busy week at halfwheel and likely busy up until the trade show. I’m not sure if it’s entirely necessary….

The International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) announced that representatives from their organization and Cigar Rights of America (CRA) would be meeting with…

Editor’s Note: The big news of the week? The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a FY13 bill that included language that would encourage the FDA to…

The White House petition asking President Obama to tell the Food & Drug Administration not to regulate the premium cigar industry reached the required 25,000 signatures…

Editor’s Note: This week we added a new sponsor, Defeat Prop 29. For those of you that don’t know, Prop 29 is a ballot measure…

Editor’s Note: Last week a petition was started on whitehouse.gov as part of a partnership between CRA and IPCPR. The petition urges the Obama administration to…

On Tuesday, the Kentucky House of Representatives decided not to bring House Bill 289 to a vote, which would have banned smoking in all public places and places…

Editor’s Note: Today is a slightly different note. Legendary sports historian Bert Sugar passed away yesterday at 75. Bert was a noted boxing historian and…

March 14, 2012 — Hammond, Ind.–Midwest Smoke Out and Cigar Rights of America (CRA) are partnering for an evening of luxury, gourmet foods, live entertainment—and…

In December of 2011, SAG Imports/Quesada announced a new project that would be the company’s first cigar solely created at Quesada’s new factory and an…

Editor’s Note: It was the week of price increases. Rising energy cost and a new standard of living increase in Nicaragua were the blame for…