Weekly News (March 7, 2016)

Cigar News

• Arturo Fuente Building New U.S. Distribution Center
• Ashton Announces Price Increase
• C.Gars Ltd February Auction Closes
• Camacho Expanding American Barrel-Aged Line
• Crowned Heads Les CHATTeaux Heading to Burns Tobacconist
• Davidoff Plans Art Edition 2016
• Davidoff & Blend Bar Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Indianapolis 500
• Davidoff Creates Limited Edition for Cigars International 20th Anniversary
• Davidoff Chefs Edition Announced
• Drew Estate Releasing Herrera Estelí TAA
• Habanos S.A. Reveals Cohiba 50th Anniversary
• L’Atelier Côte d’Or La Tâche Soft Launched
• La Flor Dominicana Announces TAA 48
• La Palina Bill’s Blend Heading to TAA Stores
• Montecristo Artisan Series Coming This Summer
• MoyaRuiz Announces Pickle Juice Retailers
• Nat Sherman Expanding Panamericana
• Nat Sherman Changes Timeless Bands
• Oliva Announces Price Increase
• Patrick Vivalo Joining La Palina
• Limited Powstanie Coming Later This Year
• Quesada España A- Heads to Smoke Inn
• Rocky Patel Announces Price Increase
• XIKAR Releasing 20th Anniversary Xi1

Legislation

• California Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase & Other Bills Advance
• San Francisco Raises Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco to 21
• Utah Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Rejected
• West Virginia Tobacco Tax Increase Rejected
• Boulder, Colo. Considering Expanded Parks Smoking Ban — Via Longmont Times-Call.
• Cedar City, Utah Considering Six Month New Tobacco Store Moratorium — Via St George News.
• Lane County, Ore. Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Proposed — Via KLCC.
• Leavenworth, Kan. Rejects Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
• Middleboro, Mass. Considering Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase — Via Wicked Local.
• Port Arthur, Texas Smoking Ban Proposed — Via 12 News.
• Port Orange, Fla. Allows Smoking in Parks Again
• Saugus, Mass. Considering Flavored Tobacco Ban — Via Saugus Advocate.

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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.