Weekly News (Aug. 27, 2018)

Cigar News

• Casa Fernández Aniversario Perfecto Ships
• Cubariqueño Cigar Co. Announces Protocol Themis Corona Gorda as Famous Smoke Shop Exclusive
• Drew Estate Ships Liga Corona ¡Viva!, Short Panatela & Petite Corona
• Drew Estate Ships Undercrown Dojo Dogma
• Dunbarton’s Todo Las Dias Thick Lonsdale “Mas Fuerte” Ships
• Fratello Oro Churchill Heads to Leesburg Cigar & Pipe
• Nicaraguan Cigar Festival Postponed Due to Civil Unrest
• Plasencia Adds Canadian Distribution with STG
• Rocky Patel’s TAVICUSA, A.L.R. and Liberation by Hamlet Head to Stores This Week
• Sam Morales Resigns as Marketing Director of Drew Estate
• Scrim by HutcH Announces 2nd Edition of Expendables Stallone Skull Cutter

Legislation

• India’s Health Ministry Reveals New Warning Images for Tobacco Products — via FirstPost.com

• Illinois Governor Vetoes Tobacco 21 Bill

• Denison, Texas Allows Fraternal Groups to Keep Smoking — via HeraldDemocrat.com
• Eugene, Ore. Downtown Smoking Ban Goes Into Effect — via RegisterGuard.com
• Fairview, Tenn. Passes First Reading of Smoking Ban on Town-Owned Property — via Tennessean.com
• Long Beach, Calif. to Consider Full Smoking Ban on Restaurant Patios — via LBPost.com
• Ontario County, N.Y. Legislators Reject Tobacco Age Increase Proposal
• Pembroke, N.H. Passed Limited Parks Smoking Ban — via ConcordMonitor.com
• St. Charles County, Missouri Official Blocks Strong Smoking Ban from Nov. 6 Ballot — via STLToday.com
• Saratoga, Calif. Working on Flavored Tobacco Van — via MercuryNews.com
• Sitka, Alaska’s Tobacco Purchase Age Now 21-Years-Old — via KCAW.org
• Wauconda, Ill. Won’t Vote on Tobacco Purchase Age Increase, For Now — via DailyHerald.com
• Wilbraham, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age, Limits Tobacco Sales

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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the G-League's Valley Suns, and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.