Weekly News (Feb. 15, 2016)

Cigar News

• 262 Cigars Launches The Internship Program
• Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan 2016 Announced
• Asylum 13 Connecticut Coming This Month
• Cattle Baron Cigars Launches
• Claudio Sgroi Promoted to President of Mombacho
• Colibri Shows Off Firebird Qu4d Burner Lighter
• Cornelius & Anthony Shipping Cornelius Next Month
• Crowned Heads Ships La Imperiosa Minutos
• Davidoff Debuts Duocut Double Blade Punch Cutter
• General Adding New Look Hoyo
• Habanos S.A. Announce New Commercial Vice-President
• Habanos S.A. Teases New Releases
• Joya Red Half Corona Released in U.S.
• Kafie 1901 Don Fernando Maduro Petit Perla Announced
• Kristoff Announces Three New Blends
• Kuuts Gets New U.S. Head
• La Mission de L’Atelier 1982 Scheduled for IPCPR 2016
• My Father El Centurion H-2K-CT Torpedo Box-Pressed
• Oettinger Davidoff AG Creating New German Distribution
• Quesada España A- Heads to Up Down Cigar
• Scandinavian Tobacco Group Goes Public
• Tatuaje TAA 2016 Announced
• Tobacconists’ Association of America Gets New President

Legislation

• California Tobacco Tax Hike Proposal Stalls in Senate
• Chicago Tax, Age Increase Faces Roadblocks
• Guam Bar Smoking Ban Coming — Via Pacific Daily News.
• New York Court of Appeals to Decide Parks Smoking Ban
• New York Flavored Tobacco Ban Proposed, Handmade Cigar Exempts
• Additional Oregon Tobacco Licensing Fee Proposed
• Adams County, Miss. Considering Minimum Tobacco Age Increase — Via Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
• Belchertown, Mass. Considering Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase — Via Western Mass News.
• Iola, Kan. Increases Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age
• North Attleborough, Mass. Considering Tobacco Age Increasing — Via WJAR.
• Palo Alto, Calif. Heads Towards Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
• Sahuarita, Ariz. Bans Smoking at Parks — Via Sahuarita Sun.

Colleges & Universities

• Uniformed Serves University of the Health Services — Tobacco-free.

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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.