Weekly News (April 11, 2022)

Cigar News

• Davidoff Limited Edition 2022 Gran Toro Heads to Stores Next Month
• Davidoff Sliding Ashtrays Coming by June
• E.P. Carrillo’s Encore Line Adding Robusto
• Gran Habano Gives Persian King New Spin with Type-Mod 60
• H. Upmann Magnum 52 Year of the Tiger Arrives in the Asia Pacific Region
• Herrera Estelí Miami The Raji Headed to Smoke Inn
• Oliva Serie V Tabolisa Uno Edition Pays Tribute to Factory Renovation 
• Pospiech’s The BDP Cigar Goes on Sale
• Roma Craft Tobac Ships EL Catador de Las Gran Coronas 
• Scrim by HutcH Adding Thor’s Hammer Cutter at PCA 2022
• United Cigars Stadium Series II Shipping Next Week

Legislation

• Barcelona, Spain Banning Smoking on All Beaches as of July, Will Fine Violators — via Reuters.com

• Colorado House of Representatives’ Finance Committee Approves Flavored Tobacco Ban — via KPVI.com

• Brunswick, Maine Delays Vote on Flavored Tobacco Sales — via WGME.com
• Del Norte County and Crescent City, Calif. Fail to Agree on Flavored Tobacco Ban, Retailer Licensing — via Triplicate.com
• Nobles County, Minn. Passes Limited Ban on Flavored Tobacco Sales, Tobacco Stores Exempted — via DGlobe.com
• Torrington, Conn. Begins Work on Smoking Ban for Public Spaces — via RegisterCitizen.com

• UNLV Implementing Campus-Wide Smoke and Tobacco-Free Policy on Aug. 15

Reviews

• Big Sky The Madison (Redux)
• Bolivar Cofradia Lost & Found EMS Toro
• Companion de Warped
• Patina Maduro Bronze
• Porsche Design Cigar Cutter P’3626
• Powstanie’s SBC 20
• Viaje Amuse-Bouche II

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• Atlantic Cigar Co. — Crowned Heads Juarez Shots 2022 LE (Box of 50, $253.30)
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• Famous Smoke Shop — $30 Off Orders of $150+ (CODE: NOFOOL30)
• Gotham Cigars — Free Travel Humidor With Liga Privada Papas Fritas Box Purchase
• JR Cigars — Alec Bradley Black Market Double Robusto (Box of 15, $79.95)
• LM Cigars — Arturo Fuente K-Cups Coffee ($15.95)
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Brooks Whittington

I have been smoking cigars for over eight years. A documentary wedding photographer by trade, I spent seven years as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I started the cigar blog SmokingStogie in 2008 after realizing that there was a need for a cigar blog with better photographs and more in-depth information about each release. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars. I am a co-founder of halfwheel and now serve as an editor for halfwheel.