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Weekly News (November 25, 2013)

Editor’s Note: It was a busy week at halfwheel, some of that has to do with legislation stories. Here’s the deal. We are going to…

Bloomberg Signs Law Raising Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21

Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law a bill raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 in New York City. Ordinance…

Weekly News (November 4, 2013)

Editor’s Note: After one week with Patrick Lagreid handling this tradition, I’m back. October was a busy month and I imagine at least the first…

New York City Council Raises Age to Purchase Tobacco to 21

Today the New York City Council passed Ordinace No. 250, making it illegal to sell tobacco products to persons under the age of 21-years-old. The…

New York City to Consider Raising Tobacco Sales Age to 21

New York City continues to lead the anti-tobacco charge, as they will soon be considering a measure that would raise the minimum age for buying…

Weekly News (June 27, 2011)

Busy week, slow week, busy week, slow week. Or at least that’s how I’d like to think of it. The reality is the weeks keep…

Weekly News (May 16, 2011)

Editor’s Note: A lot of tidbits of cigars that we haven’t mentioned this week, but the two major stories are the information regarding the El…

Weekly News (February 28, 2011)

And cigar news… (Going to have to find a way to keep the intros interesting, which might be difficult.) This past week was dominated by…

Weekly News (February 7, 2011)

  There’s a much different style to the news, okay sort of… A few stories are still in paragraph form, but most will be in…

Weekly News (October 18, 2010)

For the first time in a while, a fairly quiet news day… Add Graycliff to the list of cigar manufacturers who are now branding watches….

Weekly News (October 11, 2010)

A pretty impressive cigar auction will be taking place in London at the end of November, items include items from Hemingway and a Fidel Castro…