Weekly News (February 10, 2014)

• Crowned Heads Announces Las Calaveras
• Janny Garcia Teases La Antiguedad — Trademark is owned by J.G.G. Tobacco Holding Company, Inc., which lists Jaime García as president.

• Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan to Return — Not Without Controversy
• Sosa Pirámide #50 Announced
• Cuaba Bariay Arrives in Stores
• Viaje Skull and Bones WMD 2014 Coming
• 262 Seasonal Release Emerges
• Tatuaje Tattoo to Return — “May/June” acceding to Pete Johnson. Pricing is rumored to be quite low. This is not the first time a second size of Tattoo has been seen.

• Drew Estate & Royal Gold Announce Nirvana — Review Here
• Tatuaje Tiffany Emerges — According to Johnson, this will not be this year’s Monsters Series release.

• Caldwell, Sears & Bellatto Announce Impromptu — Review Here
• José Seijas Returns With Matilde — Review Here
• Lour Rodriguez Teases Double Nickel
• Something New From Nat Sherman

https://twitter.com/Nat42nd/status/431848067248050176

• Ventura Announces PSyKo SEVEN Corona Coming
• Rafael Gonzáles Petit Pirámides Arrives
• 262 Paradigm Corona Coming
• Lou Rodriguez “One Night Stand” — Via Cigar-Coop. It’s an event-only cigar that should debut at a Texas store.
• Cuba Developing New Tobacco Strands — Here.
• Oliva & Rocky Patel Expand Into C-Stores
• Oettinger Davidoff AG Expands European Team
• Nat Sherman Launches App

As the new year begins, price increases will be a common announcement from companies. For the next few weeks, we will report on these items and devote a special part of the Weekly News to these announcements. The most recent announcements will be in bold.

• 262 Cigars — No increase planned.
• A.J. Fernandez Cigars — Here.
• Altadis U.S.A. — Here.
• Boutique Blends — No increase planned.
• E.P. Carrillo — No increase planned.
• Ezra Zion — No increase planned.
• Fabricas Unidas — Here.
• General Cigar Co. — Here.
• Gran Habano — Here.
• Gurkha — No increase planned.
• Iconic Leaf — No increase planned.
• Illusione — No increase planned.
• Kristoff — No increase planned.
• L’Atelier Imports — No increase planned.
• La Flor Dominicana — No increase planned.
• Leccia Tobacco — No increase planned.
• Miami Cigar & Co. — No increase planned.
• My Father Cigars — No increase planned.
• Nomad — No increase planned.
• Oliva — Here.
• Paul Stulac — Price decrease coming.
• Perdomo — Here.
• Quesada Cigars — Here.
• Rocky Patel — No increase planned.
• RoMa Craft Tobac — Here.
• Royal Gold Cigars — No increase planned.
• Tatuaje/Havana Cellars — No increase planned.
• Toraño Family Cigar — No increase planned.
• Villiger Cigars North America — No increase planned.

Legislation

• Alabama Smoking Ban Proposed
• Hawaii Flat Tax Proposed
• Kentucky Cigar Tax Proposed
• Kentucky Smoking Ban Passes First Committee
• Maryland Cigar Tax Proposed
• Mississippi Indoor Smoking Ban Bill Dies — More Details Here
• Mississippi Tobacco Tax Increase Proposed
• Missouri Smoking Ban Proposed
• New Jersey Cigar Tax Increase Proposed
• Oregon Parks Ban Approved
• Arcata, Calif. Consider Expanding Smoking Ban
• Benton, Or. Considers Banning Smoking At Tobacconists
• Manhattan Beach, Calif. Public Ban Coming

Colleges & Universities

• East Tennessee State University — Smoking Ban Expanding
• University of Hawaii — Ban Delayed
• Montana State University Northern — Smoking Ban Vote Coming
• Thomas Moore College — Ban Coming in June

Deals From Our Sponsors

• Atlantic Cigar — Murcielago Robusto Round (Box of 20, $69.00)
• Superior Cigars — 601 La Bomba Atom (Box of 10, $47.89)

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 handle the editing of our written content, the majority of the technical aspects of the site and work with the rest of our staff on content management, business development and more. I’ve lived in most corners of the country and now entering my second stint in Dallas, Texas. I enjoy boxing, headphones, the Le Mans 24-hour, wearing sweatshirts year-round and gyros. echte liebe.