Weekly News (April 30, 2018)

Cigar News

• 1502 Serious Cigars Slated for May
• Asylum 13 Medulla Oblongata Maduro Ships
• Camacho Coyolar Shipping This Week
• Casa Fernández Rebrands to AGANORSA Leaf
• Casa Turrent 1880 Lancero Heads to Industrial Cigar Co.
• Colibri to Release New Apex Lighter at TAA Meeting
• General Cigar Co. Promotes Chris Tarr to VP of Marketing, Restructures Sales Team
• Gurkha Signs With Kretek International Canada for Canadian Distribution
• IPCPR Appoints Scott Pearce as Executive Director, Promotes Dawn Conger
• IPCPR Convention & Trade Show Returns to Sands Expo Center for 2019/2020
• J.C. Newman Renames PENSA Factory
• Joya de Nicaragua Sends Ambassadorial Cigar to Events
• Kafie 1901 Cigars Lands German Distribution with PasionPuro
• La Aurora Creates Draper’s 131 Anniversary
• Neanderthal HoxD Going Regular Production
• Ortega Sues Reynolds Over Vibe Trademark
• RoMa Craft Tobac Releases CroMagnon Black Irish, Plans Aquitaine Saber Tooth & CroMagnon Mastodon
• Romeo y Julieta Aniversario Connecticut Lands at Thompson Cigar Co.
• Scott Regina Becomes TAA President
• VegaFina Nicaragua Vulcano Launching Next Month
• Zev Kaminetsky Joins Royal Agio Cigars USA

Legislation

• Ireland Legislators Call for Smoking Ban on Restaurant Patios — via The Irish Times
• Tapei Bans Smoking on Elephant Mountain — via Taiwan News

• Connecticut Rejects Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase, Cigar Tax Cap Hike
• Illinois Senate Passes Tobacco Purchasing Age Hike to 21

• Asbury Park, N.J. Bans Smoking on Beaches
• Box Butte County, Neb. Makes County Grounds Tobacco-Free
• Downers Grove, Ill. Bans Smoking in Parks
• Elgin, Ill. City Council Directs Staff to Draft Tobacco Age Increase — via DailyHerald.com
• Glen Ellyn, Ill. Raises Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21
• Hopkinton, Mass. Raises Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age
• Murray, Ky. Mayor Cals for City to go Completely Smoke-Free — via WKMS.org
• Nassau County, N.Y. to Revisit Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
• Peoria, Ill. Raises Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21
• Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Montreal (Canada) Nears Park Smoking Ban — via Montreal Gazette
• Prescott, Ariz. Passes Park Smoking Ban
• Radnor, Pa. Board of Health Debates Smoking Ban — via MainlineMediaNews.com
• Richmond, B.C. (Canada) Bans Smoking at Parks — via Richmond News.
• St. Peter, Minn. Rejects Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
• Sandusky, Ohio Approves Parks Tobacco Ban
• Ticino, Switzerland Considers Patio Smoking Ban — via The Local
• Worcester, Mass. Bans Flavored Tobacco in Some Locations

Colleges and Universities

• Cuesta College — Going Smoke and Tobacco Free as of Jan. 1, 2019

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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.