Weekly News (April 13, 2015)

Cigar News

• Asylum Nyctophilia Headed to TAA Members
• BG Meyer Gigantes Shipping This Week
• Camacho Discontinues Diploma
• Casa Fernández Adds JFR Lunatic El Chiquito
• Casa Turrent Scheduled for May
• Illusione Discontinues ~23~, Adding “Ninfa”
• La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Heads to Europe
• Neanderthal Getting Close to Shipping

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• Porthole by La Sirena Slated for May
• RoMa Craft Tobac Prepares Next Catadors

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• Villiger Cigarillo Color Line Coming to U.S. — Available to TAA members this week, nationally-available at IPCPR 2015 in July. Pricing is $14.40 per 20 in four lines:
  • Black — Sumatra
  • Red — Vanilla
  • Green — Caipirnha
  • Gold

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• Vivalo Cigars New Logo

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• Wilson Adams Mr. Wilson Planned for May

Trademark News

• Kretek International files for a trademark on CASE STUDY

Kretek has filed for a trademark on “CASE STUDY" pic.twitter.com/qAVTgiVsJR

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) April 8, 2015

Legislation

• U.K. Tobacco Window Display Ban Enacted
• Washington (State) Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Bill Moves Forward
• Washington D.C. Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Proposed Again

• Allendale, N.J. Bans Smoking in Some Areas
• Amherst, Mass. Increasing Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age
• Berkley, Calif. Considering New Tobacco Buffer Zones — Via Contra Costa Times
• Denton, Texas Smoking Ban Moving Forward — Via The Denton Record-Chronicle
• Eugene, Ore. Increases Tobacco Retailer Fees
• Garfield, N.J. Expected to Increase Tobacco Age to 21
• Grand Fork, N.D. Considering Park Smoking Ban
• Hammond, La. Considers New Smoking Ban
• Livermore, Calif. Downtown Smoking Ban Heading to Vote
• Marion, Iowa Smoking Ban Passes
• Newport, Ore. Drafts New Park Smoking Ban
• Pleasant Hill, Calif. Shopping Center Smoking Ban Proposed
• Rutland, Vt. Considers Apartment Smoking Ban — Via The Rutland Herald
• Tallahassee, Fla. Creates Smoke-Free Areas
• Upper Arlington, Ohio Considering Minimum Purchasing Age Increase
• Walla Walla, Wash. Considering Parks Smoking Ban — Via Union-Bulletin

Colleges & Universities

• University of Iowa — Tobacco-free in August.

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• Atlantic Cigar Co. — Raíces Cubanas 1941 Churchill (Boxes of 20, $95)
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• Cigars.com — Camacho Ecuador Toro + Corojo Robusto Toro Four-Pack (Box of 20, $126)
• Elite Cigar Cafe — General Cigar Co. TV Raffle (Five Cigars, one ticket, Box of 20 or more, six raffle tickets) Details in link.
• Emerson’s Cigars — Davidoff Limited Masters Edition 2015 (Box of 8, $219.99)
• JR Cigars — AVO Event Sampler (Box of 10, $44.95)
• Lone Star State Cigar Co. — CroMagnon Atlatl (Box of 12, $97.50)
• Serious Cigars — Padrón 50th Anniversary ($106)
• STOGIES World Class Cigars — Quesada Selección España H-Town Lancero (Box of 20, $152.15)

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.