Weekly News (June 16, 2014)

Cigar News

• 5th Ave. Adds Polish Distribution — Via The Cigar Blog.
• BG Meyer Co. Launches from Rob Weiss
• Eiroa CBT Maduro Slated for July (Update)
• Epicurean Carnavale to Debut this Month
• Davidoff Nicaragua Adding Diadema Finas & Primeros
• Fratello Boxer Debuts — Review here.
• New Fratello In Works — And like that Omar de Frias is back to work.

• Illusione Adds ~e~ for Events
• JOYA RED Coming at IPCPR 2014
• L’Atelier Announces Racine 14, Lancero & Belicoso SS and Surrogates Satin Glove
• Nomad C-276 Now Scheduled for IPCPR 2014
• NUb Café to Debut at IPCPR 2014
• Ouroboros Lancero — Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac showed this off. No word yet if this will make it to Blue Havana Cigars, where Ouroboros is a house brand.

• Perdomo Adding Double Aged 12 Year Vintage (Update)
• Ted’s Partners With Samuel Adams for Brewlywed Cigar
• Tortuga 215 Coyota Negro Slated for IPCPR 2014
• New Vegueros Nears Release
• Warped Adds La Colmena to Roster

Legislation

• CHIP Expansion Filed in Senate
• Military Tobacco Sales Under Review
• Louisiana Bans Smoking Within 25 Feet of Public Building Entrances — Via The Republic.
• New Jersey Senate Paving Way for New Cigar Lounges

• Caldwell, Idaho Considers Event Smoking Ban — Via Idaho Press-Tribune.
• Cape Cod Seashore Smoking Banned
• Claremont, N.H. Abandons Smoking Ban Plans
• Cohasset, Mass. Declines Minimum Age Purchasing Increase
• Elgin, Texas Considers Smoking Ban — Via Elgin Courier News.
• Forest Grove, Ore. Passes Smoking Ban
• Gadsden, Ala. Passes Smoking Ban
• Isco County, Mich. Debating Smoking Ban
• Lewes, Del. Considering Smoking Ban
• Malden, Mass. Raises Tobacco Purchasing Age
• Ocean City, N.J. Smoking Ban Debated
• Pelham, Mass. Retracts Smoking Ban
• Pitt County, N.C. Considering Park Smoking Ban
• Peoria, Ill. Establishes New Tobacco Zoning Laws
• St. Joseph, Mo. Smoking Ban Going into Effect
• Syracuse, N.Y. Passes Smoking Ban
• Vallejo, Calif. Delays Bus Stop Smoking Ban — Via Vallejo Times Herald.

Colleges & Universities

• Birmingham University — Tobacco ban goes into effect July 1.
• College of Charleston — Smoking ban as of July 1.

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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.