Weekly News (March 14, 2016)

Site News

• New Commenting Platform

Cigar News

• Asylum Menace Heads to Thompson
• AVO 90th Classic Covers Volume 3 Shipping This Month
• Buenaventura BV Treas Heading to Finck’s Cigars
• Cain Daytona Lancero Returns for Tobacco Grove’s 20th Anniversary
• CAO Flathead Steel Horse Gets Two New Vitolas
• Davidoff Davidus 20th Anniversary Exclusive Released
• Davidoff JR Cigar 45th Anniversary Exclusive Announced
• Epic Cigars Planning New Connecticut
• Fable to be Distributed by Popsiech, Inc.
• Foundry Turns to Brokers in Southeast
• General Cigar Ships New Hoyo
• Heinrich Villiger Steps Down
• La Aurora 1961 & 1987 Ship
• La Aurora Release Puro Vintage 2006 111 Aniversario Master Case
• La Palina Announces Price Decrease
• Mari Navarro Leaves Kuuts
• MoyaRuiz Ships Pickle Juice
• Padrón Creates 1926 No. 48 for TAA
• Viaje & Quesada Collaborate for Juntos

Festival del Habano XVIII

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Getting Home

Legislation

• California Gets One Closer to Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase, Partial Smoking Ban & Others
• Massachusetts Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Advances
• Dallas Park Smoking Ban Tabled

• Albany, N.Y. Considering Library Smoking Ban — Via The Journal News.
• Ansonia, Conn. Bans Smoking in Parks
• Ashland, Ore. Considering Downtown Smoking Ban — Via KOBI-TV.
• Cedar City, Utah enacts Six-month Moratorium on New Tobacco Stores
• Chautauqua County, N.Y. Considering Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase — Via WRFA.
• Fairmouth, Mass. Increases Minimum Purchasing for Tobacco
• Gloucester, Mass. Raises the Minimum Purchasing for Tobacco
• Leominster, Mass. Considering Flavored Tobacco Ban — Via Sentinel & Enterprise.
• Marblehead, Mass. Considering Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase — Via Wicked Local.
• Mashpee, Mass. Considering Raising Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age — Via The Mashpee Enterprise.
• Prairie Village, Kan. Gets Closer to Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase — Via Prairie Village Post.
• South Bend, Ind. Considering Smoking Ban Again — Via South Bend Tribune.
• West Des Moines, Iowa Considers Park Smoking Ban — Via The Des Moines Register.
• Winooski, Vt. Considering Smoke-Free Parks — Via MyChamplainValley.com.
• Worcester, Mass. Considering Raising Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age — Via Worcester Telegram & Gazette Staff.

Colleges & Universities

• Kent State University — Tobacco-Free in 2017.

Deals From Our Sponsors

• Atlantic Cigar Co. — Viaje Friends and Family Merci (2016) (Box of 15, $222.30)
• Cigar Hustler — El Güegüense Corona Gorda (Boox of 25, $222.75)
• Cigar.com — Slim Selection Collection (Sampler of 12, $49.99)
• Corona Cigar — Davidoff Tampa Exclusive (Box of 10, $190)
• Habana House — Membership ($25)
• JR Cigar — Nica Rustica El Brujito + 14 Free Cigars (Box of 50, $271.09)
• Lone Star State Cigar Co. — CroMagnon Atlatl (Box of 12, $97.50)
• STOGIES World Class Cigars — Illusione H-Town Lancero (Boxes of 15, 134.33)

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.