Weekly News (April 28, 2014)

Cigar News

• Davidoff Confirms LE 2015 Year of the Sheep
• XIKAR Adds Allume Lighter
• Oliva Ships Melanio Maduro

• Davidoff Nicaragua & Nicaragua Maduro Primeros? — Vincent Krembel, global brand ambassador for Davidoff, tweeted a picture of the above. That tweet is now deleted, but Krembel indicated the Primeros will be changing in name (Primeros by Davidoff) and packaging.
• Davidoff Art Edition 2014 Coming in May
• Miami Cigar Co. 25th Anniversary Finalized
• Aquitaine Venus Coming
• Headley Grange Laguito No. 6 Coming
• L’Atelier LAT Lancero Ships
• La Flor Dominicana 707 Arrives in Stores
• Crowned Heads & Cigar Chat Team-Up for Texacali — Via Cigar-Coop.
• Viaje Ships Exclusivo Corona Gorda, Trifecta & Zombie Super Shot
• Caldwell Selección Junior Varsity Announced
• LFD NAS Arrives in Stores — Review here.
• La Sirena Acquires Old School Cigars
• Padilla Reserva Corona Ships

• New Emilio — Art via Gary Griffith.
• La Palina Mr. Sam Ships
• Rocky Patel Laser Lighter Released
• La Sirena Production Moving
• Juan Lopez Gets 7 x 70
• Emilio Draig Cayuquero Lancero Coming
• MLB Cigar Ventures Announces Imperia
• Iconic Leaf Announces E.L.F. Pack

Legislation

• FDA Announces Deeming Document
• IPCPR Comments on FDA Deeming Document
• CAA Comments on FDA Deeming Document

• WTO to Hear Plain Packaging Arguments
• Slovenia to Increase Tobacco Tax — Here.

• Washington Age Increase Requested
• Washington Tax Change Proposal

• Ann Arbor, Mich. Passes Smoking Ban
• Braintree, Mass. Purchasing Age Increase Debated
• Evansville, Ind. Rejects New Smoking Ban
• Forest Grove, Ore. Smoking Ban Gets Closer
• Maui Bans Beach Smoking
• Melrose, Mass. Raises Purchasing Age
• South Bend, Ind. Revisits Smoking Ban
• St. Clair, Mo. Smoking Ban Delayed — Here.

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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.