Weekly News (January 27, 2014)

• Casa Magna Domus Magnus II Extensions — Story here.
• Fox Cigar Bar Gets Illusione Sin Cinta — Story here.
• Nomad Connecticut Fuerte Coming — Details here.
• STUDIO TOBAC Reckoning Coming — Story here.
• Davidoff Art Edition 2014 — Per Jeff Borysiewicz:

• Miami Cigar & Co. Creates Special Sampler For Super Bowl Events — Details here.
• L’Atelier Selection Spéciale Headed To Events — Here.
• Nat Sherman Timeless Nicaragua Samplers Available Now — As per Michael Herklots:
• Raices Cubanas 1941 Getting Box-Pressed — Maybe.
• CroMagnon Fomorian Returns for 2014 — Details here. Cigar Coop has a list of cigars expected at the DC Tweetup here.
• Sosa Cigars Drops 100th Anniversary Hint — Here.
• Miami Cigar & Co. Planning Another Northeast Exclusive — Allegedly.
• Cabal Adds New Vitola — Story here.
• Miami Cigar & Co. 25th Anniversary — Story here.
• Room101 Master Collection Two Targeted for February — Here.
• Warped Puro Continues Dropping Hints — Two weeks in a row. Now here.
• Spencer Drake Promoted to National Sales Director for A.J. Fernandez Cigars — Here.
• STG & Imperial Battle Over Rolling Tobacco Brand — Golden Virginia is being fought over by the parents of the two largest premium cigar companies, Altadis and General Cigar Co. — Here.

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.

• Altadis U.S.A. — Here.
• Ezra Zion — No increase planned.
• Fabricas Unidas — Here.
• General Cigar Co. — Here.
• Gran Habano — Here.
• Gurkha — No increase planned.
• Illusione — 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.
• Nomad — No increase planned.
• Oliva — Here.
• Perdomo — 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.
• Quesada Cigars — Here.

• Pennsylvania Seeks To Close Smoking Ban Exemptions For Cigar Shops, Others — Here.
• Hawaii Beach Smoking Ban Proposed — Here.
• Illinois Proposes Ban On Smoking With Children In Vehicles — Here.
• Bullitt County, Ky. Smoking Ban Going To State Supreme Court — Here.
• Farmington, Miss. Bans Smoking In Businesses — Here.
• Grand Praire, Texas Bans Restaurant Smoking — Here.
• Lawrence Township, N.J. Bans Smoking In Parks — Here.
• Marlborough, Mass. Tobacco Regulations Proposed — Here.
• Medford, Ore. Seeks Stronger Smoking Ban — Here.
• St. Joseph, Mo. Voters To Decide Smoking Ban — Here.
• Streetsboro, Ohio Debates Smoking Ban — Here.

• University of Nevada — Smoking Ban Proposed.

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.