Weekly News (March 17, 2014)

Cigar News

• Tatuaje Black Label Corona Gorda Jars arrive in stores
• Quesada announces 40th Anniversary
• Tatuaje Belle Encre Reserva ships
• Rocky Patel II-XXVI 2014 coming
• Kuuts Nicaragua announced for IPCPR 2014
   
• New Tatuaje For W. Curtis Draper — April according to W. Curtis Draper, no comment from Pete Johnson.
• 601 La Bomba Sake Bomb scheduled for May
• Fonseca Cubano Limitado gets two new sizes
• Epicurean Gonzo Santeria ships
• Tarazona announces Guerrilla 305
• Cubanacan adds three new vitolas
• Oscar Valladares announces Rosalila
• La Zona adding 20-count boxes
• DeSiena announces plans for national distribution
• BURN by Rocky Patel Heading to D.C. — As per Christopher Bedford. Rocky Patel has made it clear BURN by Rocky Patel, his Naples, Fla.-based cigar bar, was heading to other cities, but so far it remains in its one location.
• Camacho announces Torch It Up Tour

Legislation

• H.R. 792 reaches 150 total sponsors

• Alabama statewide smoking ban dies in House
• Utah cigar tax cap dies in House
• Vermont House rejects minimum age increase

• Carneys Point, N.J. passes park smoking ban
• Claremont, N.H. smoking ban advances
• Hancock County, W.Va public smoking ban proposed
• Harrington Park, N.J. — Smoking ban proposed.
• Nassau County, N.H. to consider minimum age increase
• Rehoboth Beach, Del. passes boardwalk smoking ban
• Richmond, Va. — Public smoking ban tabled.
• Sonoma, Calif. smoking ban proposed
• Spencer N.C. bans smoking in parks

• Bulgaria — Smoking ban to be debated, again.
• Namibia — Public smoking ban.
• Senegal — Public smoking ban and tobacco advertising ban.

Colleges & Universities

• Kalamazoo County Community College — Smoke-free as of January 2015.
• Purdue University — Smoking ban passes student government.
• University of Georgia — Smoking ban vote next week.

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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 handle the editing of our written content, the majority of the technical aspects of the site and work with the rest of our staff on content management, business development and more. I’ve lived in most corners of the country and now entering my second stint in Dallas, Texas. I enjoy boxing, headphones, the Le Mans 24-hour, wearing sweatshirts year-round and gyros. echte liebe.