Weekly News (June 26, 2017)
Cigar News
- Alec Bradley Black Market Estelí & Prensado Lost Art Debuting at IPCPR 2017
- Alec Bradley Black Market Illicit Debuts
- Battleground Announces New Packaging for Darby and OPK Colonel
- Battleground Adds 6 x 60 to OPK Colonel
- Camacho & Cigar Dojo Collaborate for Imperial Stout Barrel-Aged
- Camacho Liberty 2017 Announced
- Casa de Montecristo Nashville Announces Grand Opening
- Colibri Announces Gotham Lighter
- Davidoff Announces 2017 Golden Band Award Nominees
- Drew Estate’s Selim Hanono Leaving
- Espinosa Reggae Debuting at IPCPR 2017
- Foundation Plans Chest Collector Humidor
- Fratello Pays Tribute to NASA With Navetta
- General Cigar Co. & Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. Team Up for La Gloria Cubana Colección Reserva
- Guy & Barrel Releases Alcohol Infused Tobacco Leaf
- Habanos Lounge & Terrace Concept Debuts in Italy
- HVC Adding Cerro Maduro
- Rocky Patel Martinique Ships to TAA Retailers
- STG Launches Humi-pack
- XIKAR Announces High Performance Butane
- XIKAR Announces HP4 Lighter
- XIKAR Announces Spark Plug Cutter
- XIKAR Announces VX2 V-Cut
Legislation
- New Jersey Assembly Passes Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase, Awaits Governor
- Maine Senate Passes Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
- Ohio Moves Closer to Lower Cigar Taxes
- San Francisco Flavored Tobacco Ban Passes First Reading
- Dillingham, Alaska to Decide Tobacco Tax Increase in August — via KDLG.com.
- Genesee County, Mich. Smoking Ban Ruled “Unenforceable”
- Harwich, Mass. to Consider Raising Tobacco Purchase Age Next Month — via CapeCodChronicle.com.
- Lavallette, N.J. City Council Refuses to Take Up Beach Smoking Ban — via Lavallette-Seaside.Shorebeat.com.
- Mandeville, La. to Consider Banning Smoking in Bars — via NOLA.com.
- Middletown, R.I. Adopts Flavored Tobacco Restrictions, Requires Tobacco Retailer Licenses
- Plattsburgh, N.Y. Votes to Support Raising Tobacco Purchase Age at County and State Level — via WCAX.com.
- Powell, Ohio Increases Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21
- Vernon Hills, Ill. Plans Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
- West Covina, Calif. Bans Smoking in Parks
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Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the G-League's Valley Suns, and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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