Weekly News (Jan. 25, 2016)

Cigar News

• Diana Silvius Passes Away — The legendary former owner of Up Down Cigar and former RTDA president passed away on Friday

• AKA Cigars Announces Price Increase
• Altadis U.S.A. Announces H. Upmann Yargüera
• Altadis U.S.A. Discontinues Some Lines
• Altadis U.S.A. Ships Henry Clay Stalk Cut
• Black Label Trading Co. Sends J.W. Marshall to Cigar Federation
• CLE Cigar Co. Raises Prices
• Counsellor Cigars Returning Next Month
• Crowned Heads Announces Headley Grange Black Dog
• Davidoff of Geneva USA Increasing Prices
• Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic Connecticut Arrives at Thompson
• General Cigar Co. & Sam Leccia Split
• House of Emilio Rebrands as Boutiques United
• Hoyo de Monterrey Hermosos No.4 Añejados Ships
• MoyaRuiz Announces Pickle Juice
• José O. Padrón Smoke Inn 90th Announced
• Partagás Corona Gorda Añejados Shipping in February
• Quesada Ships 2016 Keg Edition
• Room101 Big Payback Connecticut Announced
• Scandinavian Tobacco Group Streamlines International Cigar Division
• Scandinavian Tobacco Group Plans IPO
• Swisher International Adds Nick van Olden as Tobacco Head
• Tatuaje Slates K 222 for April
• Tatuaje The Krueger Announced as 2016 Monster Series Release

Legislation

• Florida Smoking Ban Bill Proposed
• Iowa Minimum Age Increase Proposed
• Kentucky Tobacco Tax Hike Proposed
• Nebraska Tobacco Tax Increase Proposed
• New Hampshire Proposes Licensing Fees for Tobacco Retailers
• New Jersey Minimum Tobacco Age Increase Vetoed
• New Jersey Tobacco Tax Increase Proposed
• Tennessee Proposes Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
• Utah Considering Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
• West Virginia Considering Five Tobacco-Related Bills

• American Canyon, Calif. Bans Tobacco Stores
• Ann Arbor. Mich Expands Park Smoking Ban
• Bourne, Mass. Considering Tobacco Retail Restriction Changes — Via The Bourne Enterprise.
• Cohasset, Mass. Considering Tobacco Changes — Via Wicked Local.
• Evansville, Ind. Passes Park Smoking Ban
• Grundy County, Ill. Considers Tobacco-Free Parks — Via Morris Herald-News.
• Half Moon Bay, Calif. Considers Expanded Smoking Ban — Via The Daily Journal.
• Tyngsboro, Mass.Bans Smoking in Tobacco Shop
• U.S. Virgin Islands Considering Allowing Smoking in Tobacco Shops — Via St. Thomas Source.
• Wareham, Mass. Increases Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age
• West Plains, Mo. Sending Smoking Ban to Vote
• Whitestown, Ind. Considering Smoking Ban Changes — Via Reporter.net.

Colleges & Universities

• UMass Boston — Now 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.