Weekly News (Dec. 18, 2017)

Cigar News

• Gilberto Oliva Sr. Passes Away

• Black Label Trading Co. Ships Deliverance Nocturne
• Boveda Launches Smart Sensor
• C.Gars Ltd. Gets Exclusive Davidoff Lancero
• Casa Turrent Releases 1880
• Crux Releases Smoklahoma Edition Corona Gordas
• Davidoff of Geneva USA Promoted Dylan Austin to VP of Sales & Marketing
• Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Teases Muestra de Saka Unicorn
• Gurkha Ships Havana Legend
• H. Upmann Robustos Añejados Ships
• Lavida Isla Renamed, Shipping as Nick & Jim’s P.B.E.
• Ramón Allones Hexagone Arrives in France
• Rich Cigars Announces Departure from Industry
• Villiger’s New Look La Libertad Shipping in January
• Villiger Unveils Updated Cuellar Connecticut Krēmē Packaging

Legislation

• Austria Reducing Planned Smoking Ban

• Bedford, Mass. Raising Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21, Bans Flavored Tobacco Products
• Burnsville, Minn. Won’t Raise Tobacco Purchase Age — via HometownSource.com
• Fort Worth, Texas Bans Smoking at Bars
• Horry County, S.C. Smoking Ban Sent Back to Committee — via WMBFNews.com
• New Castle, N.Y. Considering Raising Age To Buy Tobacco Products — via DailyVoice.com
• Placentia, Calif. Approves First Reading of Expanded Smoking Ban — via OCRegister.com
• Seymour, Ind. Passes First Reading of Smoking Ban Changes — via TribTown.com
• St. Charles County, Mo. Petition Seeks Smoking Ban — via STLToday.com
• Winthrop, Mass. Sets Public Hearing on Tobacco Age Increase for Jan. 24 — via WinthropTranscript.com

Colleges & Universities

• Pitt Community College (N.C.) Going Smoke Free in August 2018 — via Reflector.com

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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.